Gus Saggu of S-Squared Eyecare on Lower Marsh and Treasurer of WQBA is running this year’s London Marathon in aid of the Evelina Children’s Hospital. His daughter, Saakshi (pictured), was born with a chronic kidney condition in Dec 2004 and has been under the care of the team at The Evelina Children's Hospital since early January 2005. In March 2007, Saakshi received one of Gus’s kidneys in a successful transplant and both remain under the regular care of the post transplant renal team.

 

The Evelina Children's Hospital, at Guy's and St Thomas ' NHS Foundation Trust, provides everything from routine care to life saving treatment for over 100,000 children every year. It is “a hospital that doesn’t feel like a hospital” and includes intensive care, neurology, and specialist heart and kidney units. Patients come from London , Southern England and much further a field for life threatening illnesses. While the children receive world-class care and treatment, NHS funding can not meet all the hospital’s needs. This is where the Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal steps in by raising money to buy the very best equipment and facilities.

 

If you would like to sponsor Gus and make a donation to the Evelina Children’s Hospital to help children like Saakshi, you can do so at www.justgiving.com/gussaggu.

 

We wish Gus all the best for the marathon on Sunday 13^th April.

 

Charity Registration No 251983