Port Glasgow Juniors Provide Tech for Patients

Port Glasgow Juniors hand over brand new iPads to Inverclyde Royal Hospital.

07:20 06 May 2020

Port Glasgow Juniors have recently handed over brand new iPad at Inverclyde Royal Hospital to help ensure that patients, especially the elderly, have means to connect with their families while they are being treated. 

 

Port Glasgow Juniors' club commercial manager Chris McKillop said: "We always wanted to do something and to give a bit back to help the nurses directly in Inverclyde. 

 

"We know that the NHS are doing a fantastic job in fighting this awful virus and I don't really think that anyone could put forward a donation that could equate to the amount of work that they're doing just now. 

 

"I had a conversation with some of the ward managers, in particular Susan Gallacher, and I'd ask her what we could do to help. 

 

"She told me that they use iPads for a number of reasons, ranging from patient records to helping patients keep in contact with their families making video calls. 

 

"That really stuck with me because when we were speaking with Compassionate Invercycle, they pointed out that a lot of the older patients who are going into hospital don't have this kind of technology available to them and have no way of speaking to their family. 

 

"We didn't want them put to any specific ward because everyone there is doing such a fantastic job, whether it's nurses, porters or cleaning staff. 

 

"We just wanted to make sure that we could give something back and make sure it goes the hospital directly."