Health/hospitals

EMPTY wards at Cobham Cottage Hospital could be turned into a centre for rape victims in nine months time residents and members of The Friends were told on Friday (November 6).

A healthy walk is being held at Painshill Park on Thursday, August 20.

Starting at 2.15pm, at the park in Portsmouth Road, anyone wishing to attend must register before hand by phoning 01372 474568.

People of all ages are welcome, but a carer must accompany those walkers aged under 14.

The walk will last an hour and a half and coffee stops will be held regularly.

An elderly woman was cut out of her car on Monday (30) afternoon, after a collision with two other vehicles.

The three vehicle crash took place on Church Street, in Esher at 12.41pm, after the woman's red Peugeot 206 collided with a green Toyota RAV 4 and a blue Vauxhall Zafira.

Firemen from Esher and Walton removed the side of the car using a pair of pneumatic cutters.

The woman sustained minor injuries and was taken to Kingston hospital.

Church Street and Lamas Lane were blocked and reopened at 2.30pm.

A Hinchley Wood Sixth Former was so moved by a television appeal for blood donors he decided to arrange a special blood donation day at the school.

KC Park, 17, whose ambition is to become a doctor has signed up nearly 40 other sixth formers and school staff to donate blood at a mobile unit provided by the NHS National Blood Service.

Formula one racing driver Jenson Button will be taking part in a 10km run at Sandown Park in Esher next month.

The Saucony race takes place around the course in Portsmouth Road and coincides with a triathlon exhibition, which is taking place at the racecourse that weekend.

A woman who cycled a 250-mile trek around Cuba with ITV"s This Morning presenter Fern Britton for charity tells of her journey.

Annette Gardner, 53, took part in Cycle Cuba with 84 other women, including Fern Britton, to raise money for Professor Winston's charity, Women for Women, to improve the health of women and babies.

An incident involving a man who fell to his death at a boat yard is being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive.

The man fell to his death on October 15 this year at Ditton Marine Services Ltd in Portsmouth Road, Thames Ditton, but died five days later in Kingston hospital.

Radiographer Joginder Daffu and A&E nurse Laxmi Popat joined fellow health workers at a thanksgiving service to mark 60 years of the NHS.

The duo have devoted their lives to caring for others and were invited to attend the special event at Westminster Abbey on July 2.