NHS Hero nomination – Dr Siddharth Govilkar

NHS Hero nomination – Dr Siddharth Govilkar

An orthopaedic surgeon from University Hospitals of North Midlands is completing five half marathons in support of UHNM Charity.

Dr Siddharth Govilkar is raising funds to improve patient care and experience within the fragility and fracture service at UHNM. He has already raised more than £750.

He said: “After doing Potters’ Arf last year, I have taken on the challenge of doing five half marathons across the country for something I care a lot about, which is our Trust but also our service.

“My hope is that the fundraising I am doing will allow us to fund a training course for the line service, which are mid and central lines we use to give patients long-term antibiotics.

“Patients really struggle with having blood continuously drawn out of them and line changes, which can be quite painful. So we need to develop something where we give them the best overall experience and fundraising for UHNM Charity can contribute to that. Knowing I am doing it all for UHNM Charity pushes me on.”

Dr Siddharth Govilkar has been nominated in the NHS Hero category of the Your Heroes Awards.