Monday 10th January 2011
A few weeks ago Chesterfield Hospital was appealing for friends on Facebook - now they're proud to announce they have fans of a different kind.
One new ward, Ridgeway, has just had 34 fans donated, along with two salon quality hairdryers and ten shaving mirrors by a Chesterfield organisation after one of it's members became a patient on the ward and, after recovering, raised money to buy equipment needed for the Trust.
Harry Johnson, from the Chesterfield and Mansfield Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) was treated for Pneumonia - a condition that resulted in his temperature rising to over 40 degrees.
He has nothing but praise for his treatment and wanted to help others, saying "The ward and staff there were incredible, and they took such good care of me but, because of my temperature, what was really missing was a fan or something to keep me cool.
"They told me that some of the smaller items had been missed off the list when furnishing the bays and that some of the charitable funds could be used to buy things like fans and that's where the idea behind this donation came from."
Mr Johnson's Lodge raised nearly £700 in two weeks, and the money left was put towards leaflets for the inflammatory bowel disease nurse specialist and the purchase of twelve vases and twenty four shaving adaptors from Tesco at Clay Cross.
Sally Foster is the Matron on Ridgeway ward and she said: "We're very grateful to Mr Johnson and the Buffaloes and it's great to see that he's recovered so well and hear the nice things he's said about the care he received here on Ridgeway.
"Because this is a new ward, we have lots of brand new, state of the art equipment, but we're still in the process of making improvements and need some of the smaller things that make a difference to patient comfort.
"We use charitable funds to buy things like that and Mr Johnson has also pledged to buy us some flower vases and shaver plugs. It's such a kind thing he's done and we would like to say 'thank you'."
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