It looks tiny but is has a huge potential to save lives. The Dash 4000 Heart Monitor was donated to the Gozo General Hospital at a special reception hosted by the Sandars family at their residence in Xewkija last Friday.

Philip Sandars, a Rotarian, passed away after a final, fatal stroke last year. In his memory his family, with the support of Rotary Club Gozo, raised over €12,000 specifically to benefit the people of Gozo. Fund-raising events were held in Jersey, UK and culminated in a special garden party in Xewkija last year.

The Dash 4000 is state-of-the-art and can be used “on the move:” anywhere, in fact, not just in the emergency department of a hospital. It will help the emergency response team at point of need, no matter where they might be.

Pauline Sandars who handed the equipment over to Hospital CEO Superintendent Nadine Delicata said, “I would now like to donate the Heart Monitor to the hospital and hope that it helps to save the valuable lives of local people on this wonderful Island of Gozo.”

She also paid tribute to her family and Rotary for all the work that had been done to raise the necessary funds. “Our children, Daniel, Antonia and Ben, their wives/husbands and our 10 grandchildren set about raising the considerable balance needed. The grandchildren arranged, collected and sold items to raise money in car boot sales. The Garden Party event was a great success, due to the efficient way the various elements were handled by fellow Rotarians, especially the raffle of high value items, donated by family, local friends, contacts and businesses.”

As well as family and various Rotarians, also attending were Dr Abela, consultant surgeon, Drs Curmi and Sciberras, consultant physicians, Catherine Vella, Nurse-in-Charge, Casualty and Carmel Camilleri, Deputy Nurse-in-Charge, Casualty.

Further information on Rotary Club Gozo from www.rotarygozo.org and info@rotarygozo.org.

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