Appeals: The Children's Medical Charity

The Children's Medical Charity funds research and treatment at the Vitamin B12 Research Unit, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, in London. The charity was founded in 1982, when the unit's running costs, now pounds 150,000 per year, could no longer be covered by government funding. It is appealing for pounds 15,000 to cover outstanding costs for 1994. A chronic shortage of Vitamin B12 can lead to slurred speech and difficulty of movement. The unit is one of only five centres in the world specialising in the treatment of inherited metabolic errors.

The Children's Medical Charity, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, telephone 081-746 8623/5.

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