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Article: Matthew lights beacon of hope ; One young man's bravery inspires campaign to build groundbreaking health facility Make it better for children BIRMINGHAM's world famous Royal Orthopaedic Hospital today launches a pounds 1.5 million campaign to build the first children's assessment centre in the UK. Health Editor PAULA MARSH reports.
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- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- May 3, 2001
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IT WAS early morning on April 3, 1997 when mother-of-three Iris
Arrowhead was woken by wretched screams. Her youngest son Matthew
was in terrible pain and she knew that this time, it was serious.
Already, the fun-loving 21-year-old had fought off cancer twice
in his short life. Now it seemed the disease which had threatened to
snatch away his life away for so long, had finally taken hold.
By midday Matthew's mum, dad, brother, sister and girlfriend were
assembled at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Northfield to await
the results of his X-ray.
When the news came it was devastating. The cancer was back - it
was everywhere and this time there was nothing anyone could do to
help.
'Matthew ...