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A couple from Scunthorpe whose son died from undiagnosed heart conditions are hopeful the Government will now look to provide cardiac screening for all young people.
It follows meeting with the Public Health Minister this week.
Gill and Steve Ayling’s 31-year-old son Nathan died in 2019.
Since then they have been raising money to providing screenings for young people with the help of the CRY charity – Gill tells us lives have been saved:
“In the North Lincolnshire area we’ve provided cardiac screenings for the last 18 months.
“We’ve screened 405 young people and 32 of these have been sent for further investigation”
Gill tells us the meeting with the Minister was positive but a sad reminder of why they are pushing for action:
“In 2019 we lost our son Nathan who was aged 31. A fit and healthy young man he died from undiagnosed heart conditions”.
Nathan’s Dad Steve tells us every week in the UK 12 fit and healthy young people people die of undiagnosed heart conditions:
“It’s estimated around 80% of these young people can be saved through cardiac screening. We raised that with the minister. he was very responsive”.