Local hospital receives generous donation from fundraising event to say thank you for care received
The Princess Alexandra Hospital Charity has received a generous donation of more than £11,000 for the Critical Care Unit from a family who are “eternally grateful” for the care provided.
This follows a fundraising and awareness event for the Critical Care Unit that focused on sepsis, a life-threatening infection of the blood stream.
Paul Barnett, age 64 from Hertford was admitted to The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust (PAHT) in July 2022 and was treated on the Critical Care Unit after he was diagnosed with sepsis.
Paul and his wife Amanda were so grateful for the compassion and support, not only given to Paul as a patient, but to the wider family too, that they wanted to give something back. They spoke to their friends Adam and Karen Robinson who run The White Lion Public House in Hertford and on Saturday 10 February they hosted a fundraising event at the pub to raise awareness about sepsis and raise money for the Critical Care Unit at PAHT.
The community really rallied around, with a wide range of generous gifts donated to the auction, including: VIP tickets to music concerts and Goodwood Revival; two collectible guitars; dog walking and sitting vouchers; art work from local artists; Tottenham Hotspur tickets; season tickets to Hertford Town Football Club; a holiday to Sandbanks in Poole, Dorset; boxing lessons; a beach hut day; pony rides; Ray Ban sunglasses and shirts signed by sports stars Ricky Villa and Nasser Hussain.
There were live music performances too, including a special appearance by Paul and his band The Wayward Sons.
Paul said: “I will be eternally grateful for the care and attention I received at PAHT and I am also thankful for the compassion shown to Amanda and the rest of my family.
“We started this process hoping to raise a few thousand pounds and are absolutely delighted that the final total was £11,056.19. We can’t thank all of our family and friends that supported the event enough. We hope our efforts will also help to raise awareness about sepsis and the signs and symptoms to look out for as this can be the difference between life and death.”
Tom Burton, finance director at PAHT, said: “We are delighted to receive this extremely generous donation to The Princess Alexandra Hospital Charity for the Critical Care Unit.
“Our colleagues in critical care put our patients at the heart of all they do and they are very touched that Paul, his wife Amanda and their family and friends have gone to such great efforts to raise these funds for the unit, which will be put to very good use. I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to them all.”
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