Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation; Life Support Appeal ; Your £2 can help save lives.
It costs £1 per minute to care for a child in intensive care and £2 per minute to keep them on life support.
Everyday 26,000 children are cared for in a children’s hospital or hospice.
Everyday 1,300 children have life changing surgery
Everyday 50 children are admitted to intensive care for life support
Life support systems help save childrens lives. They enable patients to survive while their body is recovering from critical illness or injury. On average over 20,500 children need life support every year in the . There are four main types of life support machines which sustain the bodies vital organs, including specialist ventilators which help patients breathe when they are unable to breathe on their own, live saving dialysis machines for children suffering acute renal (kidney) failure and life save cardiothrasic equipment to sustain the patients heart beat. Life support systems can also be used to promote patient comfort, aid recovery from surgery and help prolong lifeTogether we can make a real difference.
Please donate just £2 to help provide life saving equipment, make this your minute to make a difference
Thank you so much for your support
The Foundation Team