Medical equipment - Alexandra's story

When six-year-old Alexandra Haigh badly broke her leg falling over on holiday, her local hospital was unable to provide her with a children’s wheelchair.

However, the Red Cross stepped in and provided her with a custom-sized wheelchair, which meant Alexandra was able to continue to go to school and see her friends.

The young casualty was so grateful that she asked her grandma to bake some cakes, which she then sold at school as a way of raising money for the Red Cross medical equipment service.

Alan Ryder, service manager, said: “As many hospitals in Yorkshire are no longer providing smaller wheelchairs for children, requests to our local service have grown considerably.

“Money already raised by Tesco has enabled us to buy more of these much-needed specialist wheelchairs so that we are able to help more young people and families across Yorkshire.”

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