Old hospital equipment from Papworth donated to charity

Equipment and furniture from the old Papworth hospital is being donated to a hospital in Sierra Leone.

Items that were still useable were transferred to the new Royal Papworth building on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, but thousands of items did not meet the criteria for the move and remained at the old site in Papworth Everard.

Some of that equipment has already been sold at auction, the proceeds of which will benefit the Trust, but the majority has been donated to a variety of charitable causes, including the British Heart Foundation and London-based Better Lives Foundation.

Volunteers at Better Lives Foundation have transported nine van loads of furniture from Papworth Everard to their storage site in London. The donated items will ultimately be sent to the Yonibana Sai Hospital in Sierra Leone.

Items that have been taken include drip stands, walking frames, wheelchairs, shelves, bedside tables and will help towards the hospital’s expansion plans which will include a neonatal and maternal building, radiology centre and pharmacy.