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Royal Brompton Hospital

cafcbrown
cafcbrown Posts: 556
edited August 2012 in Not Sports Related
Evening all

As you maybe aware, there are plans to close the Royal Brompton Hospitalhttp://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/36140

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  • cafcbrown
    cafcbrown Posts: 556
    Please sign the above petition to try and keep it open .

    My daughter spend 4 weeks in there when she was just 5 weeks old, and they do an amazing job
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,812
    Signed
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,505
    edited August 2012
    already signed and raised money for it. mates daughter born with 1 lung and backwards heart and has been at Royal Brompton many times for various heart operations. They do a brilliant job and need to remain open to carry on helping people. please sign if you haven't already.
  • cafcbrown
    cafcbrown Posts: 556
    They saved my daughters life, so it is close to my heart
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    They saved my life too.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,088
    My daughter currently goes there because she has a few heart problems, and will need an operation in a year or so. The team there including Dr Slavic are amongst the best in the world. Obviously, no one cares more about pediatric heart services than me right now (though 1000s care AS much)... but I'm in two minds. If they are merely combining specialist centres to make one bigger, better specialist centre then I'm all for it. It they are cutting back on services to save money, I'll lash myself to the gates of no 10 until the decision is reversed. I need to look more into it.
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Saved my ex missus life too, still goes there for checks ups
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    McBobbin said:

    My daughter currently goes there because she has a few heart problems, and will need an operation in a year or so. The team there including Dr Slavic are amongst the best in the world. Obviously, no one cares more about pediatric heart services than me right now (though 1000s care AS much)... but I'm in two minds. If they are merely combining specialist centres to make one bigger, better specialist centre then I'm all for it. It they are cutting back on services to save money, I'll lash myself to the gates of no 10 until the decision is reversed. I need to look more into it.

    I know this sounds silly under the circumstances but as I've been going to the Brompton for check-ups and operations for over 40 years merging it to another hospital for better facilities would feel like leaving The Valley and ground sharing with another club that had better facilities - something I'd prefer to avoid.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,162
    Signed
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,088
    I understand what you are saying kha, and the same happened when the local maternity hospital moved. Seemed like the end of an era. From what I understand the royal brompton will still be used for diagnosis and check ups, it's just the operations that will move.
    It will be the same people doing them, just at great Ormond street I think. I just want what's best my my daughter and everyone else going through the same thing (naturally)... I just don't know yet what that is.

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  • cafcbrown
    cafcbrown Posts: 556
    Speaking to my consultant Dr Till, If they move children's operations, they will close the hospital eventually
  • mickc
    mickc Posts: 575
    Signed, good luck.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,088
    In today's Times, there is an article saying the decision to streamline paediatric heart services is to be reviewed. Good news if it means that the correct clinical, rather than financial, decision is reached.

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