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| Charlotte Church is fronting a campaign to raise £4m in order to provide vital equipment and facilities at the Children's Hospital for Wales. | Charlotte Church is fronting a campaign to raise £4m in order to provide vital equipment and facilities at the Children's Hospital for Wales. |
| The singer and television host has been a patron of the Noah's Ark Appeal charity, which has raised funds towards building the hospital, since 2000. | The singer and television host has been a patron of the Noah's Ark Appeal charity, which has raised funds towards building the hospital, since 2000. |
| The first phase of the hospital was opened by Church's fellow patron, actress Catherine Zeta Jones, in 2005. | The first phase of the hospital was opened by Church's fellow patron, actress Catherine Zeta Jones, in 2005. |
| Part of the £4m will fund an "open" MRI scanner, the first in the UK. | Part of the £4m will fund an "open" MRI scanner, the first in the UK. |
| The £1.5m scanner has no sides and a parent can lie next to their child during the scan, minimising the need for sedation. | The £1.5m scanner has no sides and a parent can lie next to their child during the scan, minimising the need for sedation. |
| Earlier this week Dame Shirley Bassey joined Church and Zeta Jones as a patron of Noah's Ark following several years as a supporter. | Earlier this week Dame Shirley Bassey joined Church and Zeta Jones as a patron of Noah's Ark following several years as a supporter. |
| One of the cancer wards in the hospital is named after Dame Shirley. | One of the cancer wards in the hospital is named after Dame Shirley. |
| Eye clinic | Eye clinic |
| The hospital currently offers two medical wards and two floors for children with cancer. | The hospital currently offers two medical wards and two floors for children with cancer. |
| The second phase of development will include a teenage cancer unit, a children's eye clinic and a private garden for sick children and their families. | The second phase of development will include a teenage cancer unit, a children's eye clinic and a private garden for sick children and their families. |
| The £43m second phase building is being funded by the assembly government while its running costs will be met by local health boards and Health Commission Wales. | |
| The Noah's Ark Appeal said Church is helping them raise £4m needed for vital equipment which will make the children's hospital "one of the best in the world. | |
| Church, 22, gave birth to daughter Ruby Megan, at the home she shares with her partner, rugby international Gavin Henson, at St Brides Major in the Vale of Glamorgan in September 2007. | Church, 22, gave birth to daughter Ruby Megan, at the home she shares with her partner, rugby international Gavin Henson, at St Brides Major in the Vale of Glamorgan in September 2007. |