Lee Wilson was a happy and apparently healthy 19-year-old. Then, one night, the teenager went to bed and never woke up. Experts estimate that at least eight young people a week die from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. Chrissy Harris went to meet the people left to pick up the pieces…. "I thought he was mucking around", says mum Carole
Supporters gave generous support to a fundraiser. The evening, in memory of tragic youngster Cameron Strathie, raised £3,266 for CRY, the Cardiac Risk in the Young charity which supports research into heart defects. Cameron died in his father’s arms a year ago. Doctors later found the six-year-old of Naismith Court, Grangemouth, had Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy which
A heart screening clinic is being organised for teenagers and young adults at Colchester General Hospital. It will take place on March 31, between 9am and 2pm. the4 session is aimed at people aged 14 to 35 and aims to pick up people at risk of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD) which kills about 400 people
Forest of Dean MP Mark Harper has welcomed moves to improve research into sudden deaths among young people. The group Cardiac Risk in the Young (Cry) aims to fund referrals by the coroner to an expert cardiac pathologist when a young dies suddenly and the cause is unknown. Cry was founded to raise awareness of, and
Something quite extraordinary occurred last week in the powder-blue 18th-century chamber that houses the Coroner’s Court in Stamford, Lincolnshire; an eminent doctor offered a grieving family an unconditional apology. David Chadwick, formerly a professor of neurology at the University of Liverpool and the now the president of the Association of British Neurologists, admitted that his department had
The local North West action group for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is organising a major fundraising event in Aghyaran GAA Centre on Wednesday, February 28, withy the proceeds going towards the running costs of providing a screening service in Northern Ireland, which may detect potentially lethal cardiovascular conditions. This screening service is located at
A Hailsham florist and Rotary AM have teamed up to fund a new life-saving ECG machine at the DGH. Kevin and Alison Loveland, of the Posy Bowl, held Fund with Flowers shows in the Hailsham Pavilion in December. Proceeds from the successful evenings were put towards the cost of the machine, as well as a share
A heartbroken woman wants to raise thousands of pounds in memory of her partner who died suddenly on holiday. Former Emmerdale actress Ruth Abram hopes she can prevent other people going through the grief she has endured. Her partner of three years, Stuart Cave, 33, suffered a massive heart attack while holidaying in Tenerife with Ruth
A couple from Frome are calling on the public to help them raise money for life-saving equipment. Shirley and Dave Wort, from the Critchill Estate, hope to be able to buy a new defibrillatror in time for the opening of the town’s new community hospital in June 2008. Mr and Mrs Wort’s son Julian, who was
Children's nursery owner John Newbould is getting back on his bike for the first time in three decades for a charity cycle ride in Cuba. Inspired by the fundraising efforts of children, staff and families at The House of Eden Children's Nursery, in Rushyford, Mr Newbould wanted to join a major charity event. In April, Mr