Sven backs heart campaign

[davieG]

Merc - http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Sven-backs-heart-campaign/article-3497682-detail/article.html

Leicester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has backed the fight to save children's heart surgery at Glenfield Hospital.

His daughter, Lena, was born with a heart defect and had to have surgery in Sweden when she was four months old.

Now 23, she has recovered but still has to go for regular check-ups.

Sven, who visited the Glenfield unit yesterday, said: "I know from personal experience how very important it is to keep a service like this.

"My daughter wouldn't have survived without a service like this in Sweden.

"I know many parents with sick children will be very worried and if I can do something to help the campaign, I am more than willing to do it."

A review being carried out by NHS Specialised Services has recommended the number of hospitals in England carrying out surgery on youngsters born with heart problems is cut from 11 to six or seven.

Glenfield could be one of the four or five lost.

As Sven yesterday toured the unit and wards at Glenfield, doctors were preparing to treat a patient from Sweden who needed extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (Ecmo) treatment.

The treatment, which works by oxygenating the blood outside the body, gives the heart and lungs a chance to recover.

It played a vital part in saving the lives of swine flu victims over the past two winters.

Giles Peek, a consultant children's heart surgeon and head of the centre at Glenfield, said: "Our ability to provide an Ecmo service will be severely compromised if we cannot carry on providing children's heart surgery."

He is urging people to join the campaign to save services by taking part in public consultation either by attending a public meeting at the Walkers Stadium on Thursday, June 16, or filling in a questionnaire.

So far, more than 650 people from across the East Midlands have returned forms to the review team – more than any other region in the country.

A spokesman for the review team said: "This is the greatest response we have had from any area and we encourage others to participate in the consultation before July 1, when it closes.

"We will take responses into account, along with a wide range of other information, including the views of clinicians working in children's congenital cardiac services, professional associations and parent and patient groups.

"No decisions about the future of any centre will be made until after the consultation and it is crucial members of the public continue to have their say on the future of children's congenital heart services."

Fill in the questionnaire at:

www.ipsos-mori.com/ safeandsustainable

Register for the public meeting on Thursday, June 16, at:

www.eventsforce.net/ safeandsustainable

[darko2k7]

I'm really please someone like Sven with his media pulling power is involed with this now . Glenfield is a truly brilliant place, the jobs the doctors and nurses do every day is behond belief.

My son (aged2 ) was born with a rare major heart condition and as had a lot of treatment inculding one major operation in his short life and sadly will need alot more . Although the children at Glenfield are very sick and while you are there you hear peoples storys and it truly breaks your heart to see babys and children hooked up to all sorts holding on to life but through all the hard ship people pull togther the staff are so great always there to listen , it really starts to feel like a family .

Please help in anyway you can as this really would be a huge loss to so many familys mine included , thanks.

[Itsthejoeker]

[Leicester_Loyal]

Sven is a God.

[Wymsey]

Great news for the surgery with someone famous as Sven backing to keep it open. I personally want this to stay open as i got a great old school pal who just been diagnosed with a heart condition last year who regularly has check-ups here.

[acooling08]

And some people say Sven isn't interested, he will leave, or is just here for money. Seems very committed to me.

[Liamlcfc1]

I have a heart condition and go every 6 months to glenfield so to have svens support for the hospital is great and I hope they keep it open well done Sven

[Stadt]

Svennis is a saint but The "Glenfield" hospital isnt really in Glenfield.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Svennis is a saint but The "Glenfield" hospital isnt really in Glenfield.

That must be very upsetting for you.

[ajthefox]

And some people say Sven isn't interested, he will leave, or is just here for money. Seems very committed to me.

You're clutching at straws there really and it is nice that he's come out and showed support for it but really, who wouldn't want to keep it?

[Walkers Wench]

I'm really please someone like Sven with his media pulling power is involed with this now . Glenfield is a truly brilliant place, the jobs the doctors and nurses do every day is behond belief.

My son (aged2 ) was born with a rare major heart condition and as had a lot of treatment inculding one major operation in his short life and sadly will need alot more . Although the children at Glenfield are very sick and while you are there you hear peoples storys and it truly breaks your heart to see babys and children hooked up to all sorts holding on to life but through all the hard ship people pull togther the staff are so great always there to listen , it really starts to feel like a family .

Please help in anyway you can as this really would be a huge loss to so many familys mine included , thanks.

I'll +1 this,,,,i've visited this place so often with my eldest son,,,the staff used to joke they had a seat with my name on,,with a plaque saying reserved. I've been through some of the bleakest moments of my life in this hospital,,,,and the staff have been with me every step of the way. It simply cannot be lost. Anything that can be done to save it ,,must be done,,we'll done sven! x

[LCFC_FAN_1995]

Merc - http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Sven-backs-heart-campaign/article-3497682-detail/article.html

Leicester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has backed the fight to save children's heart surgery at Glenfield Hospital.

His daughter, Lena, was born with a heart defect and had to have surgery in Sweden when she was four months old.

Now 23, she has recovered but still has to go for regular check-ups.

Sven, who visited the Glenfield unit yesterday, said: "I know from personal experience how very important it is to keep a service like this.

"My daughter wouldn't have survived without a service like this in Sweden.

"I know many parents with sick children will be very worried and if I can do something to help the campaign, I am more than willing to do it."

A review being carried out by NHS Specialised Services has recommended the number of hospitals in England carrying out surgery on youngsters born with heart problems is cut from 11 to six or seven.

Glenfield could be one of the four or five lost.

As Sven yesterday toured the unit and wards at Glenfield, doctors were preparing to treat a patient from Sweden who needed extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (Ecmo) treatment.

The treatment, which works by oxygenating the blood outside the body, gives the heart and lungs a chance to recover.

It played a vital part in saving the lives of swine flu victims over the past two winters.

Giles Peek, a consultant children's heart surgeon and head of the centre at Glenfield, said: "Our ability to provide an Ecmo service will be severely compromised if we cannot carry on providing children's heart surgery."

He is urging people to join the campaign to save services by taking part in public consultation either by attending a public meeting at the Walkers Stadium on Thursday, June 16, or filling in a questionnaire.

So far, more than 650 people from across the East Midlands have returned forms to the review team – more than any other region in the country.

A spokesman for the review team said: "This is the greatest response we have had from any area and we encourage others to participate in the consultation before July 1, when it closes.

"We will take responses into account, along with a wide range of other information, including the views of clinicians working in children's congenital cardiac services, professional associations and parent and patient groups.

"No decisions about the future of any centre will be made until after the consultation and it is crucial members of the public continue to have their say on the future of children's congenital heart services."

Fill in the questionnaire at:

www.ipsos-mori.com/ safeandsustainable

Register for the public meeting on Thursday, June 16, at:

www.eventsforce.net/ safeandsustainable

Don't see many managers doing that

[Pigheart]

Thank god someone is because ive got a heart problem and not long ago had a operation. Genius <3