If we can save just one life, it will all be worth it
Courageous parents battling to ensure their children
16/08/2002
Courageous parents battling to ensure their children
A Hampshire mother whose son died at 16 will be joined by 40 other women for a run to raise awareness of heart conditions in the young. Mary Abraham will be runnling in the Flora Light Women
Courageous parents struggling to come to terms with the loss of their children have joined forces to ensure their tragic deaths have not been in vain. Geoff and Maureen Rutherford, who run the Miners Arms in Maeshafn near Mold, lost their 31-year-old son Jonathan to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome in January. The grieving pair has answered
A mum whose son died suddenly of heart disease at the age of 24 is backing a campaign to make the public more aware of cardiac problems in the young. Aaron Bass died suddenly in June last year. A post-mortem revealed he had been suffering from Cardiomyopathy
A couple of kind-hearted fundraisers are putting their best foot forward for a Chronicle-backed campaign. Husband and wife team Paula and Simon Hughes, of Maeshafn are preparing for the world
Friends of a man killed by a rare heart disease have raised thousands of pounds for charity by holding a cycle ride in his memory. Levon Morland, 22, of West Rainton, County Durham, was apparantly fit and well but died earlier this year from Wolfe Parkinson White Syndrome, which causes occasional heart murmors. At the weekend,
A couple is battling a silent killer disease that claimed the life of their 31-year-old son. Goeff and Maureen Rutherford, of the Miners Arms, Maeshafn, near Mold, are helping to raise funds so that screening equipment can be installed to cover North Wales. Mrs Rutherford said:
Never mind the cool and damp Welsh summer we
A teenager who died and miraculously came back to life is now bravely battling to highlight the cause of his near-death experience. Bradley Farrow, 15, of Sheerwater, a pupil at Bishop David Brown School, suffers from Brugada Syndrome which causes his heart to race and move into cardiac arrest He is now desperate for funds to
A mother campaigning for potentially life-saving heart screening facilities to be brought to North Wales is now more determined than ever to win her battle. Doreen Harley's surviving daughter, Rachel Wiln, has undergone a lifesaving operation to help her live with Long QT syndrome which killed her sister. It was the tragic death of her 27-year-old