Corey Dobbe: Trauma kits to be fitted across Hull city centre

The kits have been created after a campaign by Corey Dobbe's family

Fifty bleed-control kits will soon be fitted across Hull after the city council agreed to provide £25,000 in funding.

They have been created after a campaign by the family of a man who was fatally stabbed.

Corey Dobbe, 23, was found injured in Harleston Close, on the night of 13 June 2021 and died shortly after.

Locations with high footfall across the city will receive the kits, which will go next to existing defibrillators.

Tributes were left for Corey opposite Harleston Close in Hull

Each kit contains tourniquets, bandages and gels to stop bleeding.

In addition to the 50 kits funded by the council, 17 pubs in the city centre will also receive one and staff will be trained how to use them.

Packs have already been fitted at Asda in Beverley Road, St Stephen's shopping centre, and the Moderation and King Edward bars.

Humberside's Police and Crime Commissioner has made a financial contribution to the scheme.

Charley Shepherdson, Mr Dobbe's cousin (here with her family), supports the scheme

A Hull City Council spokesperson said: "Early intervention makes all the difference because victims can die of blood loss within minutes.

"The kits are widely used across the country and have been used on several occasions to save a patient's life.

"We would like to ensure these kits are available across the city of Hull."

'Carry on his legacy'

Corey's Legacy was set up by Corey Dobbe's family, which has lobbied for the kits.

The family said in a statement: "He was too young for his name die out, so as a family we just wanted to carry on his legacy.

"We just don't want anyone else to go through what we've been through.

"Obviously it's not a position we thought we'd be in and campaigning for. But if it can save one family from going through the grief we've gone through then that's what we want to achieve."