DIDIM’S Help in Hands group has raised enough funds to buy two bedside monitors for the new cardio unit at Didim State Hospital thanks to local fundraising efforts.

The group recently joined a campaign to raise 18,000TL to buy potential life-saving equipment for a new cardiology unit at Didim State Hospital.

Presently, Turkish and expat residents have to visit regional hospitals, such as Soke, for heart and general cardio assessments as there are no facilities at the town’s hospital.

However campaigners have stepped into launch what is the most ambitious project yet.

The money raised will go towards buying two high-tech cardio assessments units, as well as furniture, for the unit.

Lynn Coles, of Help-in-Hands, said: “This campaign will really help and unite the whole community in tackling cardio-related problems.”

Recently the Didim branch of a women’s group has given the campaign to raise funds to equip the town’s hospital a major boost.

The town’s Yardımseverler Derneği Grup – Turkey Philanthropists Association – has raised funds for Eco-Cardio equipment as part of an ongoing campaign to fit out the hospital’s latest specialist unit.