Rowing doctors from Frimley Hospital aim for world record
A rowing team including several doctors from Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey will attempt to set a new world record from Monday.The group of 12 will try to row 1,000,000 metres non-stop on a pair of rowing machines in less than 62 hours at London's Paddington Station.They are also hoping to raise £169,000 for a Hampshire charity that provides exercise therapy for children.The team is led by anaesthetist Gihan Ganesh, whose daughter received treatment for a rare tumour when she was a year old.
He said he took up rowing as the only brief exercise he had time for during her treatment.He has set the target of £169,000, as it will be £1,000 for every day she was treated.The money will be used to help the Momentum in Fitness charity provide exercise therapy at the Piam Brown children's cancer ward of Southampton General Hospital.
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