Friends £900 gift helps hospital
Patients recovering at Cannock's hospital have been given a boost after a £900 table was bought for computers to be put on. Patients recovering at Cannock's hospital have been given a boost after a £900 table was bought for computers to be put on. The hydraulic table means the computers can be put at the right level for patients depending on their height. It has been bought for Cannock Chase Hospital's Rehabilitation Day Unit by the hospital's League of Friends. Representatives from the group, including league chairman Ethel Powell, funded the table several months ago and were recently invited to the hospital to see it in use. She said: "They do a lot of good work in the rehab unit and we wanted to help when we heard they needed this table. "We didn't want them to have just a cheap table, we wanted to get whatever was best for the patients and they are really pleased with it. "We were invited to go along and have a look and were made very welcome." Read the full story in the Express & Star.
The hydraulic table means the computers can be put at the right level for patients depending on their height.
It has been bought for Cannock Chase Hospital's Rehabilitation Day Unit by the hospital's League of Friends. Representatives from the group, including league chairman Ethel Powell, funded the table several months ago and were recently invited to the hospital to see it in use.
She said: "They do a lot of good work in the rehab unit and we wanted to help when we heard they needed this table.
"We didn't want them to have just a cheap table, we wanted to get whatever was best for the patients and they are really pleased with it.
"We were invited to go along and have a look and were made very welcome."
Computer classes are given at the unit and are taught by voluntary IT tutor Jean McCarthy from Cannock Chase Technical College.
The unit, which was set up in 1995, provides therapy and advice from a range of medical staff including a consultant, a clinical nurse specialist in rehabilitation and other nursing staff.
It also used by physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, wheelchair services, psychologists and dieticians, who work with patients on their specific needs.
Facilities include a hydrotherapy pool and a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, so patients can develop their daily living skills.
There are workshops, a gym and a horticultural garden, where people can grow flowers.
The unit provides a range of therapy to help people who have suffered strokes, spinal injuries, multiple sclerosis or other similar conditions to become more active and independent.
