8:50am Wednesday 1st July 2009
By Telegraph & Argus
Our area has an unenviable health record with heart disease one of the biggest causes for concern.
This is because heart disease is more common in areas of deprivation and Bradford, as shown by latest government figures published in the T&A recently, has all too many of these.
We also have a substantial ethnic minority population who have a higher prevalence of heart disease, according to the experts.
But heart problems can affect anyone from any background, at any age.
It all adds up to a compelling argument to do as much we can to help tackle the issue, which is why your Telegraph & Argus is today backing the Beating Hearts in Bradford Appeal to buy Bradford Royal Infirmary the latest in ultrasound scanner technology.
We know that times are hard and that many people are finding it difficult to make ends meet.
But we also know that the people of this area – the readers of the T&A – are famously generous when it comes to backing good causes.
Time and time again you have been asked to dig deep and time and again you have delivered.
And this is a cause that will strike a chord with so many people – after all, who does not know someone, a dear friend or relative, who has suffered, and possibly even died, from heart disease?
Raising the money needed to buy this vital piece of equipment will not get rid of heart disease – but it will help medics to save the lives of some patients and improve the lives of others.
We hope and believe this is an appeal you will take to your hearts.
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