Friends of Kerry General Hospital Announce Gala Benefit Night The Friends of Kerry General Hospital have announced details of their annual Gala Benefit Night which is to be held at Tralee Greyhound Stadium on Friday, 4 July 2014. The event, which is proudly supported by Kerry Group, has raised in excess of €1.2 million since its inauguration in 1991. To date, funds raised have been used for the provision of essential equipment at the hospital which delivers critical services to families throughout County Kerry, West Limerick and North Cork. This year’s fundraising target of €75,000 will be used toward the purchase of specialist cardiac equipment to improve the survival of patients who have major heart attacks. Speaking at the launch, Dr Martin Boyd, a consultant in accident and emergency medicine at Kerry General Hospital said “Heart disease is Ireland’s number 1 killer – with approximately 10,000 Irish people dying each year from cardiovascular disease – more deaths than breast cancer, prostate cancer and bowel cancer combined. The largest number of these relate to heart attacks. Providing optimal blood flow to a patient in cardiac arrest by performing quality, uninterrupted CPR is widely thought to have a positive impact on improving overall survival. However, manual CPR can sometimes be inaccurate and exhausting for those performing it but thankfully new tools like the automated cardiac compressor can now provide a consistent rate and depth of compression – vastly improving the effectiveness of CPR.” He added: “Essentially, an automated cardiac compressor acts as another set of hands, freeing up the medical team to focus on other crucial measurements to save the patient.” Frank Hayes, Director of Corporate Affairs of sponsor Kerry Group commented: “Kerry Group is once again delighted to be to be supporting Kerry General Hospital’s Gala Fundraising Night which is one of the most worthy community benefit events at Tralee’s Greyhound Stadium. Year after year, through the hard work of the organising committee, and the generosity of the Kerry people the event has raised vital funds for the hospital – ensuring that it can continue to provide excellent care and support for patients and families in the region. I have no doubt that this year’s event will once again enable the organisers to reach their fundraising target of €75,000 for Kerry General Hospital.” The Benefit Race Night will be held on Friday, 4 July at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium, Tralee. The event will feature quality racing and other entertainment throughout the night.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:16:21 +0000
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