Campaign launched to buy beds for parents to stay with children during hospital stay
A fundraising campaign has been launched to raise cash to buy beds so parents can stay with their children in hospital.
Governors of the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital, are raising the cash to buy four beds for parents to stay at the children's ward.
Each night, up to 30 parents can be spending the night with their child in ward C2 at Russells Hall Hospital, and the new beds will help to make their stay more comfortable.
Each bed costs £850 – and the governors will be undertaking a range of fundraising activities during 2020.
Karen Anderson, head of children's services at the trust, said: "This is great news and very exciting.
"Being in hospital can be a distressing time for a poorly child and these beds provide parents of sick children a vital place of comfort at the bedside of their child.”
To start the fundraising campaign, Mike Heaton, public elected governor for Brierley Hill, has offered to personally fund the purchase of the first bed for the ward.
The beds are specially manufactured for use in a hospital environment and can be cleaned and disinfected using the same products as used for all other hospital beds and matresses.
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust has 25 governors – 13 elected from public constituencies, eight elected from staff constituencies and four appointed by local organisations.
To support the governors in their fundraising, visit www.justgiving.com/campaign/DG-governors-2020.
