The donated money was raised during Round Table's annual Christmas Santa collections. Each year Round Table members raise money for local needy causes by taking Santa, on an illuminated float, around the streets of Redhill and Reigate during December. The monies collected at the door-steps of generous members of the public is then spent benefitting the local community.  

 

The screening was organised by Rosemary and Graeme Attridge after they lost their son Stuart from an undiagnosed heart condition. He was a fit and healthy 25 year old playing his usual game of Sunday morning football when he collapsed on the pitch.

 

Although a GP at the game and the paramedics did all they could, he was already dead.  If there had been ECG screening in place for all young people his death might have been avoidable. Our thanks go to Round Table for sponsoring this event.

 

Adrian Rothera, Round Table's current chairman said, “It is hoped that with the success achieved that this becomes an annual event and with it brings awareness of the condition to the general public.”

 

There were about 140 ECG’s done at the hotel and 12 of those are undergoing further investigations. One local young man attending the screening was Dan Feist, 30 of Redhill (right).

 

Dan was a friend of Stuart’s – they played cricket and football together. Fortunately Dan's ECG was fine.

 

If we save only one life and one family from suffering the heartache that we have gone through it will have been worth it.