At just 12 years old, Thomas Hill was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), a rare condition that affects the size of the bile ducts. And ever since then, King's College Hospital has provided him with what Thomas describes as "world-class care".
Thomas received the call for transplant in September 2012, just three months after being added to the transplant list. The surgery was successful and after a slow recovery the new liver worked well.
In 2018, King’s saved Thomas's life again, after detecting an incredibly aggressive lymphoma. After four months of intensive chemotherapy, Thomas was given received the all-clear in December that year.
As his way of saying thank you, on Sunday 30th August 2020 Thomas is undertaking an epic 15km sponsored walk along the coastline from Folkestone to Hythe, Kent, to raise money for our Hospital Heroes Appeal.
Thomas has already smashed his target of raising £500 for our Hospital Heroes Appeal, which is helping to provide additional care, support and wellbeing for the heroic NHS staff and vulnerable patients impacted by COVID-19.
August 2020