{"id":8214,"date":"2014-12-02T10:27:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T10:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=8214"},"modified":"2014-12-02T10:34:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T10:34:36","slug":"8-friends-raise-money-build-free-wifi-velindre-cancer-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/12\/8-friends-raise-money-build-free-wifi-velindre-cancer-centre.html","title":{"rendered":"8 Friends Raise Money to Build FREE WiFi for Velindre Cancer Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patients and visitors to the Velindre Cancer Centre, which is the largest non\u2013surgical cancer Hospital in Wales, can now get online via a new free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> wireless Internet service after 8 friends managed to raise over \u00a344,000 in order to upgrade the facility with a little help from The Cloud (Sky).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Facing up to and dealing with cancer is one of the biggest challenges that anyone can face, thus allowing people to get online so that they can communicate with friends, family and take their minds off the bigger problem is sure to be a\u00a0huge help.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Andrew Morris, Head of Fundraising at Velindre, said: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>It can be hugely frustrating for patients and visitors who cannot keep in touch with their friends, or access social media; time can drag very slowly and as patient centred care is at the heart of everything we strive to do at Velindre, this was a situation we were very keen to rectify. 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