CHAIN OF HOPE

Heart surgeon Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub and his daughter Lisa are dear friends and their charity Chain of Hope is one of the best in the UK.

When Lisa called me in August 2014 to say she was fighting red tape to bring a desperately ill child into Britain for heart surgery, I mobilised journalist friends and political contacts to help clear an emergency visa. It was a privilege to follow Hala’s plight and the picture of her being reunited with her father back in Palestine after successful surgery is one I will always treasure.