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A charity has donated its fourth piece of
equipment to Frome's new hospital.
The Julian Wort Memorial Fund was set up in 2001
by Shirley and Dave Wort after the death of their son, Julian.
The fund has raised more than £25,000 since then
and last week donated a second de-fibrillator and presented a plaque to the
hospital in Julian's memory.
The fund is run in conjunction with Cardiac Risk
in the Young (CRY), a charity that raises awareness of sudden death in young
people.
Julian, who was a builder, died in his sleep seven
years ago because of a rare heart condition.
He was 28 and had shown symptoms of an illness
earlier in his life, but doctors did not realise he had an enlarged heart
muscle and instead thought it was asthma.
Mrs Wort, from Critchill, said: "This is our
fourth piece of heart monitoring equipment we have donated though the
generosity of the community, family and friends.
"We have donated two ECG machines, one of them to
From Medical Practice and the other to the hospital's minor injuries unit,
and this latest AED 20 defibrillator.
"We have also presented an engraved plaque in
Julian's memory to the minor injuries unit of the new community hospital.
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