Mosques raise £100,000 for hospital scanner

The community's fundraising target is £150,000

Dozens of mosques in Wakefield and Kirklees have raised £100,000 to help fund a new hospital diagnostic suite.

Muslims for MRI was set up earlier this year to support a fundraising appeal by Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust for the £6m development at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield.

The money raised by more than 60 mosques will go towards the diagnostic suite, which will include the installation of a 3.0 Tesla MRI scanner.

Keith Ramsay, chairman of the trust, said: "The backing of local Muslim leaders has been paramount to the appeal’s success so far."

Muslims for MRI said the ultimate goal was to raise £150,000 towards the appeal.

Iqbal Bhana, from the group, said: “The Muslim community is an integral part of the wider community.

"We wanted to make sure that all those, regardless of race or faith, who need an MRI scan have the best equipment available to them and therefore wanted to support this appeal and will continue to do so.”

The trust said the diagnostic suite would benefit more 100,000 people every year who need an MRI or CT scan at the hospital.

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