Two Preston charities come together to buy new chemotherapy chair for Royal Preston Hospital

Representatives of HVM and Rhodi with their donation. Pic: Rosemere Cancer Foundation

Two Preston charities have come together to buy a new treatment chair for the chemotherapy unit at Royal Preston Hospital.

Rhodi Charitable Trust and The HVM Foundation donated £4,332.89 – the full cost of a Digiterm C4 Battery Therapy Chair – to Rosemere Cancer Foundation to make the purchase.

The chair, which has its own power supply so can keep working in a pose cut, will be used by both patients receiving treatment and by staff, who require specialist training.

Rebecca Arestidou, who works as Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s trusts, grants, fundraising impact and project officer, said: “Staff numbers on the unit have been increased to meet current service demand.

“New staff need specialised training on the unit’s equipment, including its chemotherapy treatment chairs, which are designed to maximise patient comfort.

“The team didn’t want to take out any of its 15 chairs for training as this would have impacted on the number of patients they were able to treat so Rhodi Charitable Trust and The HVM Foundation have very kindly stepped in to provide this new additional chair.

“As well as upping the skills of new staff, it will be used by approximately 10 patients a week so we are extremely grateful to both charities for their continued support.”

Mr Ibrahim Vali Bux from Rhodi Charitable Trust and Mr Firoz Bux from The HVM Foundation, both based in Preston, said: “Rhodi Charitable Trust and The HVM Foundation aim to provide support to various good causes. Supporting local charities and causes is particularly important to us.

“As such, we are delighted to once again work in partnership with Rosemere Cancer Foundation to fund this new chair.

“We hope our gesture will support their great work in treating cancer patients and training staff on specialised chemotherapy.”

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