A team of our staff, including consultants, nurses and other health professionals at our hospital, will take part in the Blickling Half Marathon this weekend to raise funds for our Robot Appeal.
The Spring half marathon takes place on Sunday 19 March, starting from the front of the 17th Century Blicking Hall and following a 13.1 mile course through the Norfolk countryside. It’s a community event which raises funds for local charities, and this year the James Paget University Hospital is included, with funds raised by runners for our Charity going towards our Robot Appeal.
We recently launched a fundraising appeal to raise £1.6 million for a new surgical robot at the James Paget. The robot will allow for complex surgeries to be performed by our surgeons through small incisions and with more precision. This will benefit a number of specialities such as colorectal surgery, gynaecology, general surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery, urology and our ear, nose and throat teams. The robot will also benefit our patients, allowing specialist surgery to be carried out closer to home, decreasing the length of stay in hospital, reducing post-operative complications and lowering readmission rates.
To provide a boost for our appeal a number of staff will be taking part to raise funds.
Mr Kamal Aryal, Consultant Lead Colorectal Surgeon, who is leading the Robotic Project and initiated this fund raising event, said; “It’s great to see enthusiasm from all participants towards this great cause. We will certainly see great benefits to our patients, staff and hospital with introduction of surgical robot.”
Each person taking part in the Blickling half marathon for a charity is aiming to raise a minimum of £100 for the cause and many of our team have now set up fundraising pages, including the below;
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/kamal-aryal
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/roshanlal
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lindasawer1
http://www.justgiving.com/maxinedoeshalfmarathon
If you would like to contribute to our Robot Appeal you can use one of these links or donate directly via our charity website https://www.jpaget-charity.org.uk/appeal/surgical-robot-appeal or contact our charity office at charity@jpaget.nhs.uk or 01493 453348.
Some of our half-marathon runners are pictured here, with some of their colleagues who are undertaking a 200km cycle ride for the Robot Appeal in April, all wearing their new T-shirts, kindly sponsored by Great Yarmouth graphics and clothing business Effective Imaging.