A TEAM of junior doctors from Crosshouse Hospital are going to abseil from the building for a cancer charity.
The five women will plunge over 100 feet to raise awareness and funds for the life-saving leukaemia charity The Anthony Nolan Trust. For Kim Ferguson, 23, and four other doctors, the prospect of the abseil on Sunday, May 31, is a daunting one. However, having all treated leukaemia patients, the medics are determined to raise money which will enable The Anthony Nolan Trust to expand its bone marrow register in Scotland and help Kim and her colleagues save more lives. Kim said: “Having first-hand experience of treating leukaemia patients at Crosshouse and other hospitals, my colleagues and I know how important is the work of The Anthony Nolan Trust. “Bone marrow transplants offer sufferers the best chance of recovery and we are pleased to have the opportunity to support the charity’s work. “ The Anthony Nolan Trust works to provide bone marrow donors for leukaemia sufferers, however it costs the charity &pound125 to fully tissue-type each new donor and place them onto the register.
Kim is taking part in the abseil with Frances Blain, Amy Davidson, Fiona Thomson and Maytal Wolfe and the group is hoping to raise in excess of &pound600 between them.