Published:
12:17 PM May 25, 2021
Updated:
12:24 PM May 25, 2021
Nurse Carina Cruz hula hooped non-stop for four hours to raise funds for research at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Credit: Courtesy of the East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals Charity
A nurse at Stevenage s Lister Hospital has raised £1,462 towards research at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust by hula hooping non-stop for four hours.
Research nurse Carina Cruz completed the challenge at Lister last Thursday - Clinical Trials Day.
She said: COVID has challenged our healthcare professionals beyond our imagination and highlighted the importance of research. As the lead research nurse for the trust, I wanted to promote the important role of the research nurse.
Published:
3:09 PM May 14, 2021
Support worker Geraldine West is pictured handing over the flowers to Betty who moved to Brooke House from her home in Poringland in 2015.
- Credit: Kingsley Healthcare
A warm tribute has been paid to a former prisoners of war nurse whose career began during the Second World War.
Betty Brighton, of Brooke House care home, was presented with chocolates and flowers to show their appreciation of her service as part of International Nurse s Day on Wednesday.
Betty, who was born in Holloway, London, started her training at Leicester Royal Infirmary Hospital at the age of 18.
During her time there, she was involved in nursing prisoners of war and also miners, due to it being a mining community.
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