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Apr 2020
WATCH: Capt Tom Moore opens Harrogate NHS Nightingale hospital
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The 99-year-old war veteran who has raised over £27 million pounds for the NHS, appeared via video link to officially open the new Nightingale hospital in Harrogate today.
Capt Tom Moore, a Yorkshireman himself, raised the money by completing 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday later this month.
During the opening ceremony, Capt Tom Moore said there was 'no better place than Yorkshire', he went on to thank all of the NHS staff for working with 'such determination during such a difficult time.'
It has taken just under 3 weeks to convert the Harrogate Convention Centre into the NHS Nightingale hospital Yorkshire and the Humber.
A virtual ceremony was held to open the 500-bed facility at Harrogate Convention Centre.
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