MP supports ‘Mending Broken Hearts’ appeal
Date published: 11 February 2011
Jim Dobbin supporting the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Mending Broken Hearts Appeal.
Jim Dobbin, the MP for Heywood and Middleton, is supporting the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Mending Broken Hearts Appeal.
The appeal aims to raise money to fund research that could help people like the hundreds living in the borough with heart failure as a result of a heart attack.
Mr Dobbin, said: “This groundbreaking research could offer hope to people like the hundreds living with heart failure as a result of a heart attack in our region. It’s incredible to think that in as little as ten years time we could literally mend broken hearts.
“I urge everyone in the constituency to support this Appeal and help make a cure for damaged hearts become a reality.”
While the number of people dying of heart disease, which includes heart attacks, in Rochdale has fallen from 604 in 1994 to 330 in 2008, the number of people across the UK surviving heart attacks and living with heart failure has continued to rise (2).
The BHF is urging the public to support the Mending Broken Hearts Appeal. Call 0300 333 0333 or visit bhf.org.uk/mbh to order an appeal pack.
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