TUESDAY, 16 DECEMBER, 2014

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L-R: Gill Smith, Jackie Laird, Louise Richardson, Marnie Lemanczyk, Ellen Smith, Brian McMurchie and Rosemary Brewster.

Fans donated to Roxburghe House

Roxburghe House has received a donation of six Dyson fans from a family in Letham, Angus in memory of Michelle Smith who passed away just over a month ago.

Family and friends of Michelle, who was a patient at Roxburghe House, generously donated money at her funeral to purchase high-powered Dyson fans.

They had raised enough money to purchase three fans, but when Michelle’s sister Gill contacted Dyson and told them what they were going to be used for, Dyson doubled the order.

Gill and her mum Ellen Smith, delivered the fans on Friday. Gill said, “This is a way for our family to say thank you to the staff at Roxburghe House and give other patients some much needed comfort. The staff at Roxburghe went above and beyond for Michelle and our family.

“Michelle always found it difficult to cool down in her room and would have her fan on all day and all night. We used to all joke about how she had never turned it off from the moment she arrived there but it really did make a difference to keeping her comfortable. 

"When we discovered that the hospice didn’t have enough fans for every patient, we decided straight away that that’s what we would put the money towards. Hopefully other patients will benefit from them in the same way Michelle did.”

Accepting the fans clinical coordinator Jane Andrew said, “The staff at Roxburghe House would like to thank Michelle's family for their generous gift of fans for the unit. These fans can enhance comfort and relief of symptoms for patients. Donations like this really make a difference."

Contact:

Lyndsey Daun

NHS Tayside Communications

(01382) 424138