Children in Norfolk hospital receive thousands of chocolate eggs

Greta, five, was given an egg to take home to enjoy on Easter Sunday

Children spending Easter in a hospital have been gifted chocolate eggs as part of a charity appeal.

An annual Easter egg appeal donated about 2,000 sweet treats to children at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in King's Lynn, Norfolk.

The appeal's organisers delivered the chocolate on 26 March to ensure the young patients received the gifts before the Easter weekend.

The hospital said the delivery had "meant a lot" to the patients.

The donations were organised by Radio West Norfolk and Your Local Paper, in partnership with Ward Gethin Archer Solicitors, and were delivered to children being treated in West Norfolk and the surrounding area.

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The hospital received a selection of 2,000 Easter eggs

Greta, aged five from Wisbech, was having a routine appointment at QEH when the chocolate eggs were donated. She was given an egg to take home ready to enjoy on Easter Sunday.

Her father, Lukaseviciute, said: "This is such a lovely thing to do and will mean so much to Greta and other children in hospital."

Pippa Street, the chief nurse at the QEH, said: "Easter can often make a hospital stay all the more difficult for our patients and these Easter eggs will really mean a lot to them."

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