Connie came to Great Ormond Street Hospital when she was three years old. She was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition called idiopathic pulmonary hypertension – with the help of our specialist MRI cardiac scanner.

Connie’s condition is now being treated but needs ongoing monitoring. She comes back for regular MRI scans, to check that her heart and lungs are working properly.

As her mum explains: “If it wasn’t for the MRI scans she gets, we wouldn’t know what her pressures were, we wouldn’t know how well her heart was coping, we wouldn’t have got her diagnosis and we’d have lost her.”

A regular gift from you today will help us buy the cutting-edge hospital equipment we need to help save the lives of children like Connie. With your help, we can give them hope – and help them smile again.

Every day, around 750 seriously ill children and young people are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital from all over the UK. Every day, doctors and nurses battle some of the most complex illnesses and the brightest minds in research come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs.

Today is a chance for you to make a difference. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential.

Your donation will help us to continue funding our ongoing projects, for example:

• Pioneering research into rare or complex childhood illnesses
• The purchase of specialist medical equipment
• Rebuilding and refurbishment of the hospital to create world-class patient-centred spaces
• Support for GOSH children and their families, including our excellent Play Team and free family accommodation.

A better future for seriously ill children starts here.