SURREY, Kent and Sussex Air Ambulance has now been boosted by £60,504, thanks to the annual fundraising Eggstravaganzas mounted since 2007 by members of Farnham, Fleet and Aldershot Lions.

Responding to 999 calls and operating from Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey, the charity’s helicopters fly at speeds of up to 150mph and between them can reach any part of Kent, Surrey or Sussex in under 25 minutes.

Its highly skilled teams of specialist doctors and critical care paramedics effectively bring the equivalent of an A&E department to the scene of an incident and can transport patients to the most appropriate specialist unit or nearest major hospital in a fraction of the time taken by land ambulance.

The air ambulance, which relies almost entirely upon donations to keep the service going, received £6,300 donation from this year’s Eggstravaganza.