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PHOTOS: Event to celebrate 100 years of Burnham Hospital raises over £880

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Dozens of supporters attended a special event on Friday night (September 30th) to celebrate 100 years of Burnham-On-Sea Hospital.

Organised by The Friends of Burnham Hospital, the evening was held at Brean Country Club and was attended by over 90 people.

Many of those attending were dressed in colourful 1920s clothing to celebrate the centenary.

The event, comprising of a meal and live music from local band Lipinski, was fully sold out and helped to raise funds towards new equipment for the War Memorial Hospital.

Ceri Joyce, Chairman of The Friends of Burnham Hospital, extended her thanks to everyone that supported the evening including the Country Club staff who were “extremely helpful and friendly”. She also thanked Alan House who provided the venue at no cost in support of the hospital.

“The £880 raised will be put towards a special machine called a ‘Blood Spinner’ which will enable blood tests in outpatients at the hospital to be carried on much longer into the day as it stores the samples in such a way that they don’t have to be sent off same day and can be kept overnight.”
Debbie Sinclair, who runs these clinics, said she was so excited about receiving this new innovation which will help to provide a much improved service to the local population.

More activities are planned to mark the hospital’s big milestone in the future.

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