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Charity Skydive Event
Nov
Charity Skydive Event – Skydivers jump to it to raise £10,000 for the neurosurgical department at St. George’s Hospital, Atkinson Morley Wing.
A team of 9 made a leap of faith as aerial dare-devils in the first skydive in aid of the John King Brain Tumour Foundation.
The group took the plunge from 12,000 ft above the Kent countryside free falling at 120mph, each in tandem with an instructor from Jump Headcorn, raising more than £10,000.
John King’s wife Laura who is Chair of the charity said:
“The Team Skydive event was absolutely brilliant. I was delighted to be joined on the jump by 8 people so dedicated to helping us that they gave up their rest day to skydive out of a plane at 12,000ft is just incredible, and between us, we have raised more than £10,000 in sponsorship. That is just amazing.”
St.George’s staff members, Mary Normile, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Neuro-Oncology and Ian BickertonTeam leader neurosurgical theatres bravely participated in the skydive. “We were delighted to be able to support the John King Brain Tumour Foundation and help raise funds towards a new microscope. We see first-hand the difference the state of the art surgical microscopes makes to the quality of patient care. It has far exceeded expectations, enabling our surgeons to operate in ways they could once only dream of. To continue to offer this high standard of care for more patients additional microscopes of advanced calibre are required.”
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