Santa visits children’s wards
08 January 2013
The Children’s Hospital Trust Fund put smiles on the faces of 80 children at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital by organising for the charity’s Chairman and Senior Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Mr Munther Haddad, to play the part of Santa and surprise the children with gifts provided by local businesses.
Photo: Santa pictured with Gemma Blackie and her children Maudie (7) and Montie (4)
The Children’s Hospital Trust Fund put smiles on the faces of 80 children at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital by organising for the charity’s Chairman and Senior Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Mr Munther Haddad, to play the part of Santa and surprise the children with gifts provided by local businesses.
The children loved meeting Santa and were delighted with presents generously donated by Waterstones and Emma Bridgewater. Christmas can be a difficult time for all members of the family when loved ones are in hospital which is why mothers were also included in Santa’s rounds on the wards and received luxury beauty products kindly donated by Elemis.
The Children’s Hospital Trust Fund’s Pluto Appeal is currently raising money to buy £1.5million for a ‘da-Vinci’ surgical robot to perform life-saving operations on babies and children at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital—£1,030,000 has been raised to date.
The charity hopes that with the help of the local community and families the remaining £470,000 will be raised in 2013—see www.theplutoappeal.com to find out how to donate.