In a word monners: Thanks!

Last year will be remembered by local historians as the year when Welshpool’s lingo became official... sort of!

 

The Welshpool Dictionary, First Edition, created by mywelshpool co-founder David Williams, became an overnight sensation following its Facebook launch after a night in the pub.

 

It was the talk of the town for a couple of months with over 2,000 joining the group to add words, sentences, pictures and even suggestions for the town’s SeverRn Wonders. It helped to brighten up an otherwise gloomy year and it also managed to raise a few quid for a good cause.

 

Last week, more than £400 was delivered to Welshpool Medical Centre - the full proceeds from t-shirts that sold out through Alexander’s on Broad Street in a matter of days! The t-shirts displayed words like ‘maigram’ which is a unique Welshpool word for an idiot!

 

The money will be well spent and of benefit to us all so well done! (By the way, according to the founder, there are still plans to bring out a hard copy of the Dictionary this year!).

 

 

He said: “Welshpool Medical Centre is very grateful to the Welshpool Dictionary for the kind donation of £208 to its Equipment Fund. This fund is used to buy medical equipment and instruments for the benefit of the practice’s patients. Recently we purchased an ECG machine which directly integrates results with the computer medical records as well as emergency bags used at road accidents.”

 

 

He said: “Thank you all for the kind donation made to Montgomeryshire Emergency Doctors. MEDs is a voluntary organisation whose members provide skilled medical help at the scene of an accident, medical emergency or during transport to hospital.

 

“The doctors carry special pagers and can be called immediately. They are alerted by the ambulance service control room and arrive at the incident in specially equipped cars. The ambulance staff are trained in resuscitation techniques but seriously injured patients benefit tremendously from the combined skills of ambulance personnel and doctors working as a team. There is usually a MEDs doctor available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

 

“MEDs is totally voluntary and relies completely on donations given to the charity to allow the scheme to function. The scheme requires money for the purchase and maintenance of equipment and training requirements. It can cost up to £20,000 to fully equip and train an immediate care doctor.”

 

If you would wish to contribute to the work of MEDs, contact Dr Russell at Welshpool Medical Centre on 01938 553118, or Dr Les Milne of Caereinion Medical Practice on 01938 810279.