Hospital Visit

The Dundee United first team squad and management took time out of their busy training schedule to visit Ninewells Hospital with gifts for some of the patients in Tayside Children’s Hospital and in some of the medical and oncology wards. The squad arrived with gifts for kids of all ages and spent a while posing for photos and signing autographs for the youngsters. Another squad of players visited wards 1, 2 and 32 to bring some Christmas cheer to the patients within these wards also. Club captain Sean Dillon said, “It was great to come here and hand out gifts. The look of delight on patients’ faces brings home the deeper meaning of festive cheer in the season of goodwill. It’s a small act for us to spend some time to bring some joy, especially to children who cannot be home for Christmas.” NHS Tayside Chairman Professor John Connell said, “We were delighted that the players and officials from Dundee United chose to visit our Children’s Hospital and some of our adult wards to spread some festive cheer. “Having to be in hospital at Christmas time is never pleasant but visits like this make the time more bearable, especially for children. “We are very grateful to Dundee United for their generosity and for taking the time out of their busy training schedule.”