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Special Mattresses for Doncaster Royal Infirmary |
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Written by Alan Platts
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
 On Wed. 9th Jan President Mick Ricketts, along with Rotarians Geoff Morrey, Peter Haley. Barry Bailey and Alan Platts, were invited to Doncaster Royal Infirmary to officially hand over two specialised "Nimbus 3" mattresses for the use of critically ill patients to assist with pressure area and patient care management, the fund to purchase them was raised by various events in the club and by his widow Molly and family in remembrance of Rotarian Laurie Hill (Paul Harris fellow) who sadly passed away last year and spent some time in D R I. The club agreed that they would be a fitting and practical memorial to Laurie, as the mattress was an important aspect of his care and the two new ones will be invaluable in the treatment of critical and terminally ill patients in the future.
The Lead Nurse of the Tissue Viability team Tracy Vernon, who is responsible for Pressure Area and Patient Care Management in D R I was there to accept them on behalf of D R I along with Mr. John O’Neil the Equipment Librarian, who makes sure they are well maintained and in the right place at the right time, they were very grateful to the Rotary Club for their generosity and said they had already been put to good use, especially for one lady who came in very critically ill but with the help of the "Nimbus 3" mattress and the nurses in the intensive care unit they were able to get her fit enough to go to Sheffield for specialist treatment and she is responding well, which makes it all worthwhile, a true case of "Rotary In Action" |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 January 2008 )
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