The now 100-year-old “Captain” Tom Moore had raised over £ 30 million in donations for the British health system. Now he is seriously ill with corona.
- The veteran „Captain“ Tom Moore raised over 30 million in donations for the UK healthcare system in 2020.
- Moore was then by Queen Elizabeth II. knighted.
- Now the 100-year-old British idol is on Corona becomes ill and needs artificial respiration.
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Update from Sunday, January 31, 2021, 7:40 p.m .: The now 100-year-old British record collector Tom „Captain Tom“ Moore is hard on Corona ill. As his daughter Hannah announced on Twitter, her father is in the intensive care unit and has to be artificially ventilated: “Until today he was at home until he needed additional help with breathing.”
Last year Moore did 100 laps in the garden of his nursing home with his rollator to find out about the plight of the state health system National Health Service (NHS) and draw the attention of its employees. In total, he wanted to collect 1,000 British pounds (around 1,130 euros). The media attention his action received ultimately resulted in more than £ 30 million Tom Moore was thereupon by Queen Elizabeth II. to the Ritter beaten.
Almost 100-year-old Briton collects millions in donations with garden tours
First report from June 3rd, 2020, 2:46 p.m .: The British veteran Tom Moore originally wanted to collect £ 1,000 for the health service – but it is now several million.
Marston Moretaine – A 99-year-old British man made nearly 100 laps of his garden on a walker, raising a million dollar donation for the NHS public health service. War veteran Tom Moore by Wednesday noon had already raised well over five million pounds (the equivalent of over six million euros) from all over the world via a donation page on the Internet.
An idol in Great Britain: record fundraiser “Captain” Tom Moore. Now the 100-year-old has corona.
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Originally, he wanted to achieve his goal by his 100th birthday at the end of April – but, according to British media, he is likely to have implemented his plan this Thursday. Actually, the senior had expected only £ 1,000 in donations. “Wow – I’m speechless,” said the 99-year-old on Twitter after the 5 million pound mark had been cracked.
“Captain Tom” was on duty in India and Burma
He thanks the “wonderful” NHS staff who helped him treat his skin cancer and a broken hip. Each lap in his garden in Marston Moretaine near Cambridge is 25 meters long.
“Given who this (money) is for – all of the brave and excellent doctors and nurses we have – they made every penny,” said Moore the BBC. He is called “Captain Tom” and was once on duty in India and Burma.
Better times will come again, as the senior said, alluding to the corona pandemic. “Let’s all move on.” The donations are to be used, among other things, in rest rooms for NHS employees and for the support of patients who have just been discharged from clinics by community groups. (dpa)
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