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Apr 2020

Last Updated: 21/04/2020
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WATCH: Capt Tom Moore opens Harrogate NHS Nightingale hospital

by Ami Miller Lifestyle Reporter

| 21 Apr, 2020
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'There's no better place than Yorkshire.' Capt Tom Moore, the 99-year-old war veteran who has raised £27 million pounds for the NHS, officially opened the NHS Nightingale hospital in Harrogate today via video link.

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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.