Two free cardiac screening sessions will be held in Scunthorpe this month, thanks to fundraising spearheaded by a couple who lost their son to an undiagnosed heart condition. A community group set up by Gill and Steve Ayling, of Scawby, five years on from their son Nathan Bryan's death aged just 31, raises money to enable cardiac screenings for young people aged 14 to 35 to take place. The next two sessions will be held at Hope House, Scunthorpe, on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 16 and 17.
Gill said: “We put out an invitation via our charity The Beat Goes On 31’s Facebook page , and both sessions are now fully booked up. There will be 100 screenings on both days – Hope House is wonderful as they turn it into an ‘A&E’. READ MORE: Inspirational Grimsby man who went from running 5k a day to losing his legs to sepsis bravely shares traumatic ordeal Keep up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from Scunthorpe with our free newsletter “Three pods get set up for carrying out ECGs, there is echocardiography upstairs and a doctor who does any referrals.
” The Beat Goes On 31, working in conjunction with CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young, held two screening days last year which resulted in 12 young people being referred to cardiology. One of them was a young mum of two, Georgia Guy, who had no symptoms but was found to have numerous bleeding holes in her heart. Gill said: “Georgia had her operation in February – she’s as good as gold now.
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