Leigh MP Andy Burnham is
backing a hard hitting campaign highlighting the tragic condition known as
sudden cardiac death in the young.
Postcards featuring the
photos of eight people who lost their lives suddenly to previously
undetected heart conditions are to be distributed to draw attention to the
issue.
None of them had apparent
symptoms or a history of ill health, although it is widely acknowledged
that many of the hundreds of deaths which occur every year could be
prevented if simple cardiac screening was made more accessible.
The charity Cardiac Risk
in the Young (CRY) is behind the campaign.
Mr
Burnham said
