Haskins Garden Centre has donated £8,500 to Friends of PICU through its Charitable Fund, to help towards the purchase of an ECMO machine.
The life-saving cardio-respiratory machine will support children in PICU who are critically ill with severe lung and/or heart failure. Lorna St John, Senior Sister and ECMO Lead Nurse on PICU explained: “In recent years, the need for ECMO and therefore the demand for these machines has increased significantly and the purchase of an additional ECMO machine will allow us to continue to expand our overall capacity in line with service demand and progress our specialist care services. Provision of ECMO in our PICU for those children that need it is essential and ensures that we can provide the highest level of high quality critical treatment for children across the south.”
Jamie Haskins, member of the Haskins family, added: “We are very happy to have contributed towards the cost of this incredible ECMO machine. We look forward to seeing it in place at the ward once the remaining funds have been collected by this wonderful charity.”
The Haskins Charitable Fund was set up in 2017 to benefit charities and community projects local to its four garden centres across the south, through personal nominations from its staff. Friends of PICU was nominated by Sophie Menjou, employee of Haskins West End.
We’d like to thank Jamie Haskins and The Haskins Charitable Fund for their support and their extremely kind and generous donation which will go a long way in helping us reach our fundraising target of £52,000 for this new ECMO machine. If you would like to know more about the ECMO machine, or would like to make a donation to our fundraising target please e-mail info@friendsofpicu.org.uk
For more information about Haskins West End, please visit www.haskins.co.uk .
