Donations 'make a difference' for Lincolnshire hospital patients
Ben Petts, the charity's manager, said: "We now have these amazing donation points where anyone can make a donation in cash, on their bank card or by using their phone."Over the past 12 months, the charity said it had installed virtual sky panels in a maternity unit, purchased mobile phone charge banks for an emergency department and set up new community diagnostic centres in Skegness and Lincoln."Every donation really can help us to make a massive difference for patients, visitors and colleagues," Mr Petts said.The donation points at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston are just inside the main entrances, while the one at Grantham and District Hospital is in the outpatients department corridor.Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
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