Our first major successful event !The members of Kent Lung Awareness successfully supported and coordinated the Respiratory Diseases Awareness Day, at Maidstone Hospital on the 17th of October, 2015. Approximately 130 people attended the event, which hosted a variety of talks from expert consultants and scientists in the field of respiratory medicine. The lectures and talks were aimed at the public, patients and their families and was delivered ina non-technical language - to help people understand the various aspects of lung diseases. Thanks once again! Dr Leon G. D'Cruz We were privileged to receive the deputy mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Derek Butler as the honoured guest.
Thank you very much to TESCOs, Morrisons and Waitrose for sponsoring our event, and providing the refreshments and light lunch for the day
Thank you to Morrisons for supporting the event. Shown here, Mrs. Fran Mossie of MTW Trust with the Charities Representative from Morrisons (Maidstone) with support of gifts for refreshments and food for the day. Thank you as well to Waitrose (Maidstone) for supporting the event. Shown here is Mrs. Fran Mossie of MTW Trust with the Representative from Waitrose (Maidstone) who have kindly donated cakes, milk and refreshments for the day.
A very big THANK YOU as well to TESCOs (Hermitage-Lane, Maidstone) for supporting the event by providing lunch and refreshments.
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The various talks for the day were delivered by the speakers. There was also a forum session where patients were invited to speak about their illnesses and experience. Some of the photographs taken on the day are shown below.
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The event was free to attend and approximately 130 people attended the event.
The Kent Lung Awareness welcomes future participation in events, coffee mornings and charity dinners. Please get in touch. We will be putting up some informative documents pertaining to the awareness day on this website soon for patients to download and read at their leisure. We hope to build a comprehensive set of information on various lung diseases, and make them available for our fellow patients and their families in Kent. For further information : you can email us at : [email protected] or [email protected] or by contacting either : Mrs. Anne Baughurst : 01622 890792 or Mrs. Dee Forrest : 01732 521968 or Dr. L. D'Cruz at MTW trust 01622 28728 (leave a message on the answer phone with your name, telephone and a short message) |