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Patients who risk losing their sight through age-related eye conditions are being given new hope as Central Middlesex Hospital offers clinical trials of the latest drugs and procedures.

Nedra Fonseka volunteers two hours a week as a patient companion.

Tanya Marshall, like many of our volunteers, was originally a hospital patient who wanted to give something back to the community.

It’s Volunteers’ Week and every day we will be tipping our hat to some of the people who keep our hospital sites running.

We start with Kanchan Shah who provides patients with some company.

I was a boy when I first came across dementia. My grandmother had been in hospital for some time and my father had chosen until then to visit her alone.

A woman who couldn’t eat solid food for two years has thanked surgeons at Northwick Park and St Mark’s hospitals for ‘giving me my life back.’

On 12 March 2019 my dad died following a series of mini strokes (transient ischemic attacks) that caused rapid onset vascular dementia.

In a short space of time he faded from the funny, book-reading, cake-loving, articulate man I had known all my life to someone incapable of looking after himself, unaware of his environment and unable to recognise the people around him.

Roofer Paul Byrne made a dramatic career change when an accident left him hospitalised for several months.

Harrow’s busiest community midwife has championed home births for more than 20 years saying it is still a great privilege to be present when a new baby arrives.

Easter bunnies Mamta and Vasha Joshi brought a smile to the faces of children and staff at Northwick Park Hospital when they donated more than 500 Easter eggs.