The Mail, 15th July 2019
BAE Systems apprentices in Barrow are to receive Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) heart screenings on Wednesday this week after an offer from Barrow-based engineer David Hughes, whose son Daniel passed away suddenly in 2015 due to an undiagnosed heart condition. Since then, David and his family have been working with CRY to raise awareness of cardiac conditions in young people. More than 100 apprentices have already signed up for the screening event in Barrow this week.
“From my own personal experience, having lost my son at the age of 28 from an undiagnosed heart condition, I can’t stress enough the importance of attending if you have an appointment. It only takes 15 minutes to have the ECG and, if it picks an issue, up the CRY team is on hand to provide advice,” said David. “It’s great that BAE Systems has decided to screen a number of their new apprentices here in Barrow. I hope this is the start of a regular series of testing that could change and potentially save a life.”
“Raising awareness of this condition is vital and if just one person is given advice as a result of the screening it will have been time well spent,” said Ian Burns, Safety, Health and Environment Director at BAE Systems.
