Earlier this year we ran a general emergency Corona Crisis fundraiser. We are thrilled to share these images from the hospital of new oxygen ventilators which some of the funds raised were used for. These machines are crucial in the care of patients who require artificial help to keep breathing while they fight this virus. The older ventilators in the hospital have already spent over 30,000 hours breathing life into such patients, these new ones will help save many more.

The new ventilators were first blessed during a short ceremony, as is the custom at the hospital. They were then immediately put to work, as our image shows, helping critically ill patients to breathe.

So, thankyou to all of you who donated, your support is vital, and you are helping to save lives right now.

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We have received brilliant news that a major single donor (who we will be able to tell you more about soon) saw the appeals and has stepped in to fund the cost of a new oxygen plant and in even better news, this will be a bigger one than The Duncan was aiming to install. This large capacity plant will mean more lives will be saved and the exhausted existing oxygen plant will no longer be the sole provider of life-saving air. (This current plant is still being switched off every two hours to cool down, as it was never designed for such heavy-duty 24-hour use.)

Hospital Director Prabhu, who has battled Covid himself and is now thankfully recovered and is back treating patients, told us about the new plant; “It is a reputed American brand called Airsep/Airox. It is the same brand that we have already. We were told it would leave for Raxaul from somewhere in India and might be ready in about 15-20 days.‘

We know that you will all be as delighted as we are to hear this great news and rest assured 100% of the money you donated on our Just Giving Campaign will still be going to the Oxygen plant project. However, as the major cost of the plant itself has been donated your money will now go towards the cost of installing vital new pipework and re-vamping the old pipes which transport the oxygen to patients’ bedsides.

We will also now be able to provide a few new beds in The Intensive Care unit each one with its own oxygen supply. We have closed our Just Giving campaign so that the funds can be transferred to allow this work to commence as soon as possible.Once again a huge thank you all from staff and patients at The Duncan Hospital and us all at The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust.

You really have helped to save lives and, in the future when we all hope that this virus is finally under control, know that your donations will still be working hard for years to come, piping the breath of life to vulnerable patients.

The images show The Duncan as it is at the moment – treating severely ill corona patients.

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It is easy to feel helpless watching the tragic scenes from India of people dying on streets and being cremated in car parks. But there IS something positive you can do to help. We are raising urgent funds for The Duncan Hospital to buy a new oxygen producing plant.

Staff numbers at The Duncan have been hugely affected by this latest wave of corona with many falling ill, others are battling on to save the most critical patients. Currently, the hospital’s old oxygen plant is creaking along at a capacity it was never designed for, it needs to be switched off every two hours to make sure it doesn’t overheat. The hospital is desperately trying to raise £58,000 to pay for a new O2 production plant to work beside the old one and ensure they can continue to save more lives.

So, if you would like to make a difference and know where 100% of your donation is going, please consider giving any amount, no matter how small. Thank you from all of us at www.tdhct .co.uk 

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