Heartstrong sessions taking place this weekend

Fri, 23 Aug 2013

People who have signed up for a free heart screening session this weekend have been urged not to miss their appointments.

Craig’s Heartstrong Foundation is running two screening programmes tomorrow and Sunday at the Sefton Hotel.

It's an initiative set up in memory of 25-year-old footballer Craig Lunt who died in his sleep in 2005 from an undiagnosed heart problem.

Hundreds of people between the ages of 14 and 25 will undergo the simple process which can detect life-threatening heart defects.

Chairman of the charity Paul Healey says it’s vital people turn up (audio):