Our Pharmacy and Intensive Care Unit teams, plus NHS colleagues, friends and family, are all teaming up to take part in the East Anglian Air Ambulance ‘Only The Brave’ charity obstacle course race being held in September to raise funds for the service.
The Air Ambulance team work closely with our hospital and provide a crucial service to support our local community. But, beyond this, the teams also have a special reason for supporting the charity – after the air ambulance team saved the life of the partner of one of the Pharmacy team recently.
In support of their colleague, and her partner, who was a former Pharmacist at the James Paget, our team, known as ‘Team Platty’ will now take on the Only The Brave six / ten mile mud obstacle course challenge, which is being held at the Euston Estate in Suffolk on Sunday 21 September.
The course will involve up to 35 obstacles – including monkey bars, giant hurdles, balance beams, tunnels, cargo net crawls and slip and slide style descents - and lots of mud!
Paul Young, from our Pharmacy team, who is organising our team for the event, said; “We are normal people, very much like one big family, and aim to support and look out for one another. We also do much behind the scenes to support and give back to our local communities, even when off the clock, and this fundraising event is just one of many examples of this.
“This event is close to our hearts. The East Anglian Air Ambulance is there to provide the best opportunity to save somebody’s life, one of our loved ones lives. We want to ensure we raise as much money as possible to keep this service available for us all, when we need it most.”
The East Anglian Air Ambulance provides advanced critical care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to the most seriously ill and injured people in the region by air and road. Their crews are called to, on average, eight critical emergencies a day. The service receives no regular government funding and relies entirely on the support of the community.
If you would like to read more and support this fundraising for the East Anglian Air Ambulance, please visit; https://eastanglianairambulance.enthuse.com/pf/team-platty