Random health tests which could save lives are to be carried out in memory of a Birmingham schoolgirl who died suddenly from 'adult cot death.'
Relatives of Alison Linforth have raised enough cash to test young people and protect them from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS), which claimed the life of the 16-year-old on her first ay at new college.
Parents John and Evelyn Linforth , of Greatstone Road, Northfield, have campaigned tirelessly for routine heart tests and zre now holding two sessions, including one at the church where Alison worshipped.
People aged between 16 and 36 will go to Long bridge Methodist Churchy, in Bristol Road South, next year for an electrocardiogram heart test (ECG).
The test can detect heart abnormalities which cause SADS before tragedy strikes.
Mrs Linforth, aged 49 and a carer at Birmingham Children's Hospital, said: "The tests will be in Alison's memory and we hope to test up to 150 people at two sessions a year.
"One will be in the church Alison went to and another will be somewhere in Tamworth. We have doctors who check images of the heart and refer patients with abnormalities to their GP.
"Last year we did a session in Sutton Coldfield and ten per cent of the 110 visitors were referred."
Charity Cardiac Risk in the Young has teamed up with couple.
Alison of Kingswood Road, Longbridge , died at Cadbury Sixth Form College, in Kings Norton, in September 2003.
An inquest into the former pupils at Colmers Farm School, in Rubery , heard SADS may have been caused by an extremely rare electrical abnormality with the with the heart that would only have been identified by an EGG heart test.
Facts about SADS
Sudden Adult Death Syndrome is diagnosed when death occurs unexpectedly and kills around 120 people in the UK every year.
It is believed to be caused by a disturbance in the heart's rhythm.
To contact Charity Cardiac Risk in the Young phone 01737 363 222.
