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Article: Amy lightfoot recordings released to raise money for hospital
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- Derby Evening Telegraph
- Article date:
- May 19, 2009
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The family of a young woman who died from a rare skin condition
are releasing a CD of her music to raise money for the hospital in
which she was treated.
Amy Lightfoot contracted Stevens-Johnson syndrome in January this
year - a condition which results in the top layer of skin being
rejected by the body.
It leaves the sufferer with injuries similar to those of a burns
victim and 19-year-old Amy spent seven weeks in the critical care
unit of Nottingham City Hospital, which specialises in such
injuries.
Her family and friends have spent the time since her death, in
March, trying to come to terms with their sudden loss.
They have now decided to release two previously unheard songs,
recorded by ...