IRISH popstar Ronan Keating made sick kids’ dreams come true by visiting them at Scotland’s largest children’s hospital.
The former Boyzone star met patients at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children and opened a children’s music library.
Having wowed crowds during two nights performing at the Clyde Auditorium, the singer took time out to to meet youngsters after being asked by the Symphony of Dreams charitable trust.
Charity founder Linda Ann McConnell won an Evening Times Community Champion gong in 2013, was delighted that he accepted and was helped by the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.
Ronan visited the Intensive Care Unit and the Renal and Oncology Wards including the Teenage Cancer unit last weekend. While visiting intensive care, he met Andrew McLaughlkin, 14, who had open heart surgery two weeks previously.
Ronan said: “I always love coming to Glasgow, it’s the best audiences in the world. It is a pleasure to do this for the people of Glasgow.”
Kirsten Sinclair, Director of Fundraising, said: “It was a very exciting visit for many of our patients and their parents, who are big fans.”
The star then cut the ribbon to officially open the hospital’s musical library.
The library includes a light-up keyboard, acoustic guitars, a drum machine and Cajon drum box as well as percussion instruments.
Finally, the star signed a guitar for the Clutha Trust, set up in the wake of the helicopter crash in 2013, which will be auctioned off to raise cash.
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