A brave amputee hailed the public’s support of the Army as “phenomenal” as he watched his fellow soldiers take part in a homecoming parade in Croydon.
Hundreds of people lined the streets to welcome home the 2nd Battalion The Rifles, which lost 13 men in Afghanistan this summer.
The 100 members of 2 Rifles, based in Ballykinler, [...]
Lord Horatio Nelson was giving orders 30 minutes after his arm was amputated, according to journals in the National Archive that illustrate the importance of medical skill in securing Britain’s naval might.
A collection of 1,200 naval journals, not seen for 200 years, depicts the horror of [...]
On the weekend of the 22nd/23rd August, 75 amputees and ambulant disabled took part in the 2nd Amputee Games.
The Amputee Games 2009 was another resounding success and you can now read about it by clicking the link below.
Report on the Amputee Games 2009 for Boost Charitable Trust
By Victoria Ward 26/10/2009
A former Army commander yesterday called for Jimmy Carr to quit for making fun of soldiers who have lost limbs.
Patrick Mercer, Conservative MP and chairman of the Commons subcommittee on terrorism, said certain subjects should be instinctively “off limits” for stand-up comics.
Carr told a 2,500-strong audience at the Manchester Apollo: [...]
7:00am Monday 26th October 2009
COUNCIL bosses shelved a grant they promised to give a disabled man for vital home improvements — and did not bother telling him.
In January, Doug Westwood, aged 62, had his legs amputated and the council agreed to give him £23,000 to build a wet room and an access ramp.
But [...]
MANUEL DE LOS SANTOS MISSES CUT:
‘I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED, I HAVE HAD THE MOST FANTASTIC WEEK’
Manuel De Los Santos, who lost a
leg in a car accident when he was
18, narrowly missed the cut in the
Alfred Dunhill Links Team
Championship at St Andrews.
Playing with professional Richard
Bland, the pair scored a three
round total of 20-under-par,
missing the cut [...]
By Emily Cook 12/10/2009
A woman whose leg was needlessly amputated has received a six-figure payout from the hospital trust responsible for the blunder.
Doreen Nicholls, 72, was told a lump in her foot was cancerous and that her leg should be removed.
But after the operation at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH), Birmingham, she was [...]
Meningitis charities are warning parents to be aware of the symptoms this winter. Nerys Davies tells Health Editor Madeleine Brindley how the deadly disease almost claimed the life of her youngest daughter Amber
JULY 1, 2005 is etched on Nerys Davies’ memory – it is the day her youngest daughter almost died after she contracted meningitis.
Meningococcal [...]
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