Five Thanet winners at Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards with top accolade for Maurice House volunteer Mary
Five people from Thanet were recognised at the Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. A volunteer at Maurice House, Mary, received the top award.
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Paramedics to video link to cardiac emergencies
Specialist paramedics in Kent and Sussex can now give real-time video support to people performing CPR during suspected cardiac arrests before an ambulance arrives. The South East Coast Ambulance Service has also reported its highest-ever 30-day cardiac arrest survival rate for May.
Gobaith dyn o ddawnsio eto ar ôl i feddygon ddweud na fyddai'n goroesi strôc
Daniel Parsonage, 29, suffered a severe stroke while preparing for a summer carnival performance in Penarlâg, Flintshire, and doctors told his family to say goodbye. After months of physiotherapy and speech therapy he can now speak in sentences and walk short distances with support, and he hopes to dance again before his 30th birthday in March.
London's only 24-hour hospital helipad marks a decade of saving lives
King's College Hospital in south London has marked ten years since its helideck opened, giving critically ill patients a faster route into emergency care. Staff say the deck cuts the transfer from helicopter to resuscitation to under five minutes, and the helipad was funded largely by public fundraising.