Community helps 'Rays' funds for brave little Rio

A COMMUNITY came together for a fundraiser in support of a "very special little boy".

The event, at St Martin's Church Hall on Saturday, was held to raise money for baby Rio Jacombe.

DIGGING DEEP: A fundraiser for Rio Jacombe was held at St Martin's Church Hall, Nunsthorpe. Picture: Abby Ruston. Buy this photo at www.thisisphotosales.co.uk/grimsby or by contacting 08444 060910

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As reported, he was born prematurely with trachea bronchial malacia, a condition where the airway is soft and weak.

Thankfully, the condition is curable with treatment but Rio, who was born five weeks early and weighing just 3lb 11oz, also has Down's Syndrome and holes in his heart.

His mum, Nicola Hallett, desperately wants to create a sensory room at her home in Milton Road, Grimsby, for Rio – who is now 26 weeks old – after seeing him smile for the first time while receiving treatment at a similar facility at Sheffield's Children's Hospital.

'We need to alter health behaviour'

"YOUR NHS needs you."

That is the message from doctors in North East Lincolnshire as they urge people to live healthier lives to lessen the financial burden bad habits have on the local NHS.

 

 


The North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus, which will be replaced by the North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), must make up to £22 million in savings by 2014.

Immunisation figures are in need of a boost

PARENTS in North East Lincolnshire are being urged to check their children's vaccinations are up to date before school starts next week.

Last year, only 85 per cent of children in the borough had their pre-school boosters – 10 per cent below the World Health Organisation's recommendation.

GET YOUR JABS: Raj Medical Centre GP partner Dr Marcia Pathak wants to encourage parents to bring their children in for vaccinations, as uptake in the area is alarmingly low. Picture: Abby Ruston

Now health experts within the NHS are calling on parents to help reduce the risk of childhood diseases such as mumps and measles spreading.