Compassionate colleague Linda Cameron spearheaded a bumper Christmas donation to Airdrie Foodbank by staff at University Hospital Monklands.
Linda, secretary to the anaesthetics department, once again organised the generous collection after she successfully oversaw donations last year.
Paying tribute to her colleague’s selfless effort, consultant anaesthetist Dr Claire McIntyre said: “Linda is a kind and compassionate person, who is very active in her local community. The foodbank collection is just one example of how caring she is.
“The pandemic has highlighted the growing needs of those in the community and Linda wanted to make a special effort last year to help those in need locally. The success of this led to a desire to repeat it this year – with fantastic results.
“Linda spread the word about the collection, which led to donations from across the site. Staff from many departments in the hospital managed to collect three car-loads of food, toiletries, treats and toys. Special thanks to the labs, dieticians, domestic staff and the anaesthetics department for their generosity.
“This was an amazing collection, which matched – or perhaps even exceeded – the donations made last year.
“Linda is well known and popular in the hospital. A large part of her job is to organise and look after people, which comes across outside of her job as well. We are very proud of her, and count ourselves very lucky to have her as a valued colleague and member of the local community.”
Consultant anaesthetist Dr Gordon Cowan, clinical lead in anaesthesia, added: “We first had a collection last year. The community had supported the hospital so visibly in wave one of the pandemic and, with Christmas being so difficult for many, we were inspired by Linda to return the good turn. So, in year two, this is now a tradition!”
