Comedian Romesh Ranganathan surprised young people being supported on the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, when he was in Liverpool as part of his Hustle tour.
Romesh, who has supported Teenage Cancer Trust for many years, met families being supported by the charity, and spoke to staff to learn more about how the charity is making a difference to teenagers and young adults in the area who have cancer.
Romesh met 13-year-old Logan from Preston, who is having chemotherapy on the unit, after being recently diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma called T-Cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.
Romesh, who has supported Teenage Cancer Trust for many years, met families being supported by the charity, and spoke to staff to learn more about how the charity is making a difference to teenagers and young adults in the area who have cancer.
Romesh met 13-year-old Logan from Preston, who is having chemotherapy on the unit, after being recently diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma called T-Cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Romesh Ranganathan and I'm here at the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at Alday Hospital
00:04 just to pay a visit. That's what I'm doing and then we sort of had a discussion off camera about
00:09 what how to like do the next bit so I was supposed to go like let's go but I don't have like the
00:14 energy like the you know the my personal energy is not right for it but I'm going to try it.
00:18 Let's go!
00:19 Wow, one take!
00:26 It was an amazing opportunity to go into the unit and see what Teenage Cancer Trust has helped
00:32 provide and help fund. I also was lucky enough to talk to some of the kids and their parents and
00:38 it's quite emotional really because having cancer at any age is horrible. Getting cancer as a
00:45 teenager it feels like a particularly cruel time for it to happen and what Teenage Cancer Trust
00:51 are enabling to happen is for those people, those young people to go through that in as comfortable
00:58 and as supported a way as they possibly can do. I'm very grateful to Teenage Cancer Trust for
01:03 what they're able to help these families with. It's incredibly important work and they need as
01:08 much help as possible and I really would implore anybody, well I would just confirm to you that it
01:14 is such an incredible cause and you are making such massive difference to people's lives.
01:19 It really is worth getting involved with.