Seamus and his twin brother Gabe – and their close friends Abby and Kate Gosselin – are hosting this blood drive to ensure that blood is available for patients like Seamus as well as to meet other needs during the summer months when those who donate regularly may be traveling and schools and other organizations that regularly host blood drives may also be on hiatus.Īs twins, these recent Conard High School graduates encourage all donors to bring a “twin” (who can be a sibling, other relative, or friend) with them to donate blood in honor of Seamus. According to his mother Helen Rubino-Turco, Seamus is doing well, but has 10 more months of chemotherapy. Seamus Turco has received multiple blood transfusions as part of his treatment plan since his diagnosis in December 2014. Photo credit: Ronni Newton ( file photo)Ī blood drive will be held July 5 at West Hartford Town Hall in honor of an 18-year-old resident who is being treated for lymphoblastic lymphoma, a blood cancer. His twin brother Gabe, and twins Abby and Kate Gosselin, are hosting a blood drive in Seamus’ honor. After a few crashes I gave up and stopped playing for a few days but now I'm back. We made the innovative decision to combine the voluntary sector into our health delivery team and it has been incredibly successful.Seamus Turco (second from right) is being treated for a blood cancer. I carry on traveling around Middle-Earth killing things and being awesome. There is no doubt that what we do not only helps save costs but also, and more importantly helps save lives.” We now cover 5 hospital trusts, covering 3,000 square miles, and it all started at Preston and Chorley. Paul Brooks, founder, chairman and trustee of North West Blood Bikes for Lancashire and the Lakes, said: “Once other hospitals heard about what we were doing for both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley District Hospital, they contacted Maria to find out if what we said was true. This scheme ensures that our hospitals receive the supplies they need quickly and reliably and it means we have been able to save in excess of £30,000 by not having to pay for emergency out of hours transport.” Tracing the history, ecology, politics, and social effects of the river’s main tributaries from headwaters to the delta, the documentary aims to find solutions for the many problems facing the river today, while looking at the root causes of those problems as they’ve developed over the past 150.
Blood in the west series#
The kind volunteers who give up their time free of charge are an extremely valuable part of our team and they make a real difference to the lives of our patients. Blood of the West is an in-development documentary series about the Colorado River Watershed. We were the first NHS trust to use this service and now it has been extended all across the North West, and other areas of the UK are looking to launch a similar service. Maria Burn, Pre Analytics Manager for Pathology, said: “Back in 2012 we came up with the innovative idea to use volunteers to transport emergency items, it was something that had never been done before and it has been an incredible success.
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We are now working with other areas of the UK to share details of the way we work as many other NHS trusts want to follow in our footsteps.” Karen Partington, Chief Executive, said: “We made the innovative decision to combine the voluntary sector into our health delivery team and it has been incredibly successful. We were the first trust to start working with the group back in 2012 and the volunteer service has continued to grow and expand ever since. North West Blood Bikes provide a voluntary out of hours transport for urgent and emergency blood, blood derivatives, samples, donor breast milk for premature babies, doctor’s notes, and theatre equipment - in fact anything that can be carried by motorcycle, between hospitals. We were the first trust to work with the North West Blood Bikes and the collaboration has gone from strength to strength. We are proud to be celebrating our five year relationship with North West Blood Bikes.