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Beads programme for ill youngsters comes to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

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The Beads of Courage UK charity has expanded to include the oncology and haematology units at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.

It means that children who receive treatment for cancer or blood conditions there will now be able to track their progress with special beads.

The charity, which uses the beads to encourage youngsters through every significant event during their treatment journey, began working with hospitals in Glasgow in 2013 and has now expanded to cover oncology units across the country.

Reagyn Ferguson, aged 13, from Annan has collected 7,648 beads over the course of his treatment for leukaemia in Glasgow. He has just received his 7,649th bead, when he and his mum, Sharon, were at DGRI as Beads of Courage officially began there.

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