A BIG-hearted schoolboy has once again given money to the hospital unit which saved his sister’s life.

It is the second year 11-year-old Kristian Williams decided he wanted to give up some of his Christmas money to say a special thank you to Colchester General Hospital’s special care baby unit.

Kristian wrote to the unit to thank them for saving his half-sister Lily’s life after her difficult birth.

Mum Becky Munson, 37, experienced shoulder dystocia – where the baby’s head is born but its shoulders are stuck inside the mother’s pelvis – and Lily was not breathing.

She spent two days in the unit and was fortunately then well enough to go home, and is now a thriving 16-month-old toddler.

In his letter Kristian, who is a pupil at the Colne Community School in Brightlingsea, said: “Lily makes us all laugh, even when she turns my games console off.”

Becky, of Crestlands, Alresford, recalled: “Last Christmas he came home from school one day and said if he got any money, he wanted to give some to the unit, as it was still fresh in his mind. It was his own idea and I was really touched.

“This year he said he would like to do it again if he got any money. He gave £30 to the unit and £20 to the Help Haiti appeal. He has a little bit left, which will probably go on Lego, but he gave a large proportion away.

“He continues to be a doting brother, and is always playing with Lily and helping to feed her.”

Karen Moss, the unit’s Sister, said: “All the staff here think Kristian really is a very special boy, and would like to thank him again for his outstanding generosity and thoughtfulness.”

The unit has 18 cots and 32 staff. It cares for more than 500 babies a year from all over north-east Essex, who are born either prematurely or who need specialised care after delivery.