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Wicklow Half Marathon fundraising by the Flood family
Leave a CommentIn memory of Carol Flood from Ringsend, her family ran the Wicklow Half Marathon on the 22nd March last (see photo below). The team comprised of her brother Tony, sister Liz, niece Nichole and nephews John, Anthony, Derek & Thomas.
€1,385.85 was raised for the Mary Aikenhead Suite in St. Vincents where Carol was cared for in her final days.The family want to thank all who generously supported their fundraising initiative.
On behalf of our patients we thank the Flood family for their generosity in seeking to help others, as they cope with their loss.
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St. Vincent’s Rugby Club Charity Ball 2015
Leave a CommentThe St. Vincent’s Hospital Rugby Club has had unprecedented success in recent years dominating the Hospitals Cup.
Off the pitch as well the energy and generosity of the Club members has been spectacular. Each year they have organised a Spring Charity Ball to raise funds for causes within St. Vincent’s Hospital. This year’s Ball was held on February 21st in the Shelbourne Hotel.Lead by this year’s Secretary Nick Rutledge and President Dr. John Holian the hardworking committee spared no effort in ensuring a sell-out event and raised €3,500 to be shared by the Emergency Medicine and Cardiology units here in St Vincent’s.
A big thank you to all concerned in this great event on behalf of our patients.
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Stroke Unit – Raffle Prizewinners
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Stroke Unit Raffle Dec 2011
We had a great raffle to raise money for the new Stroke Unit in St. Vincent’s. With prizes donated by Stillorgan Park Hotel, Noonan Services Group, Gowan Merrion, Bianconi’s, The Merrion Inn and Tesco Merrion Centre supporting a top prize of a magnificent doll’s house which was handcrafted and donated by Arbour Hill Prison.
In all the raffle generated €3,030.00. We owe a special thanks to all the staff who sold tickets and, of course to the kind donors who sponsored prizes. The tickets were drawn on Friday 16th December by Prof Noel Whelan, Chairman of St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group.
Congratulations to all our winners who were as follows:
1st Prize Handcrafted Dolls House – Winner: Dr. Siun Walsh
Generously donated by Arbour Hill Prison2nd Prize 2 nights B&B for Two in a Talbot Hotel – Winner: Ian McGovern
Donated by Stillorgan Park Hotel3rd Prize €300 One4All Gift Voucher – Winner: Catherine Kindlay
Donated by Noonan Services Group4th Prize 22” LCD Television – Winner: Elaine Daly
Donated by Gowan Merrion5th Prize €200 One4All Gift Voucher – Winner: Karina Tobin
Donated by Noonan Services Group6th Prize Dinner for Two – Winner: Aoife O’Connor
Donated by Bianconi’s, Merrion Road, Dublin 47th Prize Dinner for Two – Winner: Louise O’Callaghan
Donated by The Merrion Inn, Merrion Road, Dublin 48th Prize Tesco Hamper – Winner: Julie Conneely
Donated by Tesco Merrion Centre9th Prize Bottle Whiskey – Winner: Sandeep Qvadros
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Arbour Hill supports St. Vincent’s
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Liam Dowling, Governor of Arbour Hill Prison, and his staff believe in enabling prisoners make a positive contribution to good causes. Over the years they have produced terrific woodwork in the prison workshop and are assisting St. Vincent’s University Hospital.
Under the guidance of Gavin Bailey a team of prisoners handcrafted a magnificent dolls’s house which is the centrepiece of a fundraising raffle for the new Stroke Unit in the hospital.
In addition they have constructed a nine-foot thermometer to stimulate donations for the Stroke Unit. The craftsmanship is terrific and highlights the progress made towards our target to deliver the Unit.
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Christine Kearney raffle
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Christine Kearney has been one of the consistently generous fundraisers for Breast Cancer Care in St Vincent’s Hospital. Declaring herself always as a recovering patient in the hospital, she has been tireless in raising funds to help others.She got over 50 prizes for a wonderful raffle. Having sold tickets in Dublin and Wicklow with the assistance of her family and friends she came into the hospital and generated great excitement selling tickets in the reception area. This went extremely well and raised over €2,000.
We are grateful to Christine and her family, to the many sponsors who donated prizes and to those many people who bought tickets.
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Donors provide specialist chair
Leave a CommentSugarloaf Lions Group, Greystones and District organised a sponsored walk in Wicklow to raise funds for a special Haemodialysis chair for the Haematology Stem Cell treatment room. Patients who are treated on the Leucapheresis machine spend a long time sitting attached to the machine. The new chair is a great improvement in comfort for patients.
The new chair complements a TV & DVD player that was purchased recently with the kind generosity of donors. It helps the time to pass more quickly for our patients.
We are really grateful to Tom O’Sullivan of the Lions group for making this happen. Tom has been a great supporter of St. Vincent’s having had friends and relatives attending the hospital.
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International Colorectal Meeting in St Vincent’s Hospital
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St Vincent’s recently hosted an international conference on challenges and advances in the field of Colorectal disease. Each year notable international speakers are invited and the list includes some of the world’s most highly regarded clinicians involved in colorectal diseases.
The annual International meeting provides a forum to share the Centre’s clinical and research experience with doctors, nurses, dieticians, scientists and students. The 18th meeting was held on 9th September with the theme ‘Old problems – New solutions’. The title reflects the difficulties of and recent advances in the treatment of colorectal cancer at the two ends of the clinical spectrum: early disease in which minimal surgical techniques may be used to avoid major operations and advanced disease in which more radical surgery may achieve long term survival and even cure when it might not previously have been possible
The Centre for Colorectal Disease at St Vincent’s Hospital was established to ensure integration of medical and surgical treatment, education and research relating to diseases of the colon and rectum – the large bowel – at St Vincent’s University, St Michael’s and St Vincent’s Private Hospitals. . The Centre brings together the collective expertise of gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons, radiologists, oncologists, pathologists, specialist nurses and dieticians to provide multidisciplinary care for patients supported by nursing and administrative staff..
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Improved Seating in C.F. area
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The family of the late Leon O’Neill from Carrick-on-Suir in Co. Tipperary wanted to improve the comfort for the families of C.F patients. They have raised funds to buy improved chairs for the area.
Parents and other family members often spend a lot of time in the hospital, sometimes trying to get some sleep during the night. The chairs available weren’t comfortable to sit in for long periods and certainly not to sleep in.
The O’Neill family organised an energetic and creative series of fundraising events and the chairs were financed. Many families will have reason to be grateful to them.
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Bequest to benefit four departments in St Vincent’s
Leave a CommentOne of our patients has spent some time lately reflecting on how some of his money can make a difference after his death.
He wanted treatment areas that he has personally experienced over his life to share in his gift.
The preparation for drafting the will was done very thoroughly. The patient talked to us and then went to his solicitor. He requested his solicitor to liaise with St Vincent’s Foundation to ensure that the wording was very clear.
Our patient is very happy that some of the money he has accumulated in his lifetime will benefit many others for decades to come.
