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A North Lincolnshire mum who has fought tirelessly for heart screenings to be offered to young people after losing her son to a cardiac arrest said it feels “amazing” that her efforts have potentially saved more than 30 people from meeting the same fate.
Gill Ayling, who lives in Scawby, has raised thousands of pounds for the Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity, which provides heart screenings for young people aged between 14 and 35 up and down the country.
Her incredible efforts come after tragically losing her son Nathan, who passed away in his sleep in 2019 due to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS), a condition where someone has a sudden cardiac arrest without an obvious cause. He was just 31 years old.
Despite his younger sister being diagnosed with a heart condition when she was 12, doctors assured his family that Nathan would not need to be tested if he was not showing any symptoms.
