Grieving family funds heart scans for young people
BBCA grieving family is funding free heart screenings for young people in memory of their daughter.
Olivia Moorman, from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, died unexpectedly in her sleep at the age of 24 in May 2024 and her family has been raising money to fund 100 screenings.
At the event at The Amelia Scott centre in the town on Saturday, Olivia's mother, Claire Langridge, said: "It's overwhelming but I just think that this is what we need to do for Olivia so this will stop anyone else going through what we still go through today."
Her brother, George Moorman, said: "People don't think about heart issues in young people. I think it's really important to prevent it happening again."
Family handoutLangridge said: "Every single day im really thinking about what to do next for her because I just think that you've got to keep making [people] aware and also just keep Olivia's memory alive for us as a family.
"I just find this is my way of coping."
She said the event on Saturday was "bittersweet".
"I'll just look at a picture of her and think, 'I'm not going to stop until I keep having this screening done for everybody else,' because Olivia was such a caring person," she said.
"If even one person today goes and has further testing then our work's been done."
The event was run by national charity Cardiac Risk in the Young.
Dr Veronika Azidou, who was doing the screenings, said the work was "vital".
"You can avoid a death and that will impact your life, your family members', your friends', and we will give you a healthy life in the future," she added.
