Wolves Host Cardiac Screenings

Wolves, in partnership with ‘Cardiac Risk in the Young’ (CRY), were recently the first Premier League Club to host a public health screening for young people and adults aged 14 to 35 to seek to identify previously undiagnosed life threatening heart conditions.

CRY was founded in 1995 to raise awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young, as well as offering support to those who have suffered a loss through counselling and establishing a network of affected families.

Bilston Soroptimists chose CRY as their charity of the year, and Wolves Community Trust (WCT), Wolves’ official charity, worked in conjunction with them as part of their responsibility for health care in the young to identify 240 young people to be tested by CRY's medical cardiology experts with electrocardiogram (ECG) screenings at Molineux Stadium.

Supporting the weekend of testing were three local mothers, Benita Davies, Angela Butler, and Sandra Pearce, who have each lost fit, sporting, teenage children to previously unidentified heart conditions.

WCT Manager Will Clowes said of the screenings: "Everyone is potentially at risk from these conditions and offering this accurate cardiology testing service could help to save lives.

“Here at Wolves Community Trust we hope that by using these ECG tests to help identify dangerous symptoms, we will raise the profile of these conditions and help those in the local community who suffer from them.”

Those being tested were selected from West Midland colleges, universities, schools, youth groups, community centres, and GP’s and many are Wolves supporters.

Their ECG results were then interpreted on-site by a specialist cardiologist so that everyone tested could receive immediate feedback and then a further referral if needed.

For more information about the screenings or CRY visit www.c-r-y.org.uk.

Pictured left to right: Sandra Pearce, Tony Hill (CRY's National Screening Manager), Joan Lee (Chairman Bilston Soroptimists) and Benita Davies