THE cardiology department at Whipps Cross University Hospital has benefited from the donation of two new heart monitors.

Generous GP Dr Abdul Sheikh, who works at the Queens Road surgery in Walthamstow, raised the money to buy the monitors, which follow patients' heart rhythms.

Patients wear the monitors if they are suffering from symptoms such as palpitations or black outs.

Maria Arrow, who is the senior chief cardiac physiologist in the cardiology department, said: “There's a lot of demand for them and there was quite a long waiting list. Now we have more monitors, we can see to more patients.”

Dr Sheikh worked with the Waltham Forest Muslim Burial Trust to raised about £4,000 to buy the monitors.

A special presentation to celebrate the donation takes place at the hospital today (Wednesday).