22 March 2004

Donation to help children with heart problems

Photo opportunity: 3.30pm, Tuesday 23rd March, Reception, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.

Radio Tay's Caring For Kids appeal will present The Institute of Cardiovascular Research (TICR) of the University of Dundee with a cheque at Ninewells hospital, this Tuesday, 23 March.

TICR Chairman, Robert McLaren and Professor Allan Struthers of the University's Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics department will accept the £900 donation from Alastair Brookes, the Caring For Kids appeal coordinator and Radio Tay presenter, Ward McGaughrin.

The TICR campaign is raising funds for a new Institute for Cardiovascular Research bringing together a team of specialists in five medical disciplines to enable detection and intervention of heart-related diseases at an earlier stage.

"The Caring for Kids donation brings us one step closer to our target of raising £3.5m to fund the new Institute of Cardiovascular Research, explains Robert McLaren. "In light of a recent study of Tayside children showing that 20% of those studied demonstrated evidence of the early signs of cardiovascular disease, this donation is a great help."

For further information please contact Robert McLaren on01382 345609

By Angela Durcan, Press Officer 01382 344768, out of hours: 07968298585,