Newborn babies will have a cosier stay at Basildon Hospital thanks to a £1,000 comfort blanket.
The hospital's neonatal unit is now £1,338 richer thanks to a local group of creative minds.
The Essex Handicrafts Association has spent several months putting together a patchwork quilt.
It has now been raffled off and raised the impressive amount of cash to benefit the hospital department.
Generous donation - Essex Handicraft Basildon branch members present the cheque to nurses at Basildon Hospital
Picture: ROBIN WOOSEY
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