Christmas has come early for staff at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, who have raised the money for a new heart ultrasound machine for extremely premature babies through an online initiative. The appeal had raised some €10,000 by Thursday, when it featured on the front page of The Irish Times. Shortly after 1pm on Friday it passed the target and by 2pm more than €78,000 had been raised. Staff behind the fundraising drive said they started the online funding drive because Government funding was not available for a replacement machine. The equipment currently in use was funded by the hospital’s charitable arm, the Rotunda Foundation.

Source: The Irish Times December 20, 2019 14:09 UTC