Lord Mayor of Portsmouth visits Solent MS Therapy Centre

The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth Jason Fazackarley visited the Solent MS Therapy Centre in Portsmouth as they celebrate their 40th anniversary.

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00:00I'm Bob Hayter, I'm the chairman from the Sona MS Therapy Centre.

00:03Brilliant, tell me what we're doing here today.

00:05So here we've just been celebrating our 40th anniversary, so we've been here 40 years,

00:09and we've just done our fundraising campaign to mark that,

00:12and we're here to sort of celebrate the amount we raised,

00:15which I believe was just over 20,000.

00:17Not quite as much as we wanted, but we did very well, yes.

00:20Brilliant, and I understand you've got a visitor today?

00:23Yes, the Lord Mayor's come to say hello, come to see what we do.

00:27Brilliant, and what's the reaction been like?

00:29He seems to be quite engaged in one of the therapy rooms.

00:34Our manager's looking after him at the moment, yes.

00:37Fabulous, so tell me what goes on here.

00:40So we're providing, basically our main area is this, the oxygen chamber,

00:46where we're providing oxygen at nearly 100%,

00:49and we put them under pressure, which means the body can absorb that a bit better,

00:53and therefore you feel a lot better afterwards.

00:55And we've just been dealing with our primary function

00:58is to deal with the symptoms of living with endometriosis.

01:02Fabulous, and tell me how it feels to have been here for 40 years.

01:07Well, I've only been here three.

01:11Not you personally, but...

01:13Obviously I didn't know it was here until I saw it on the website,

01:18so I came as a volunteer.

01:21It's one of those places tucked away out of, in the middle of,

01:24where you wouldn't expect to see an oxygen chamber for a start,

01:27and it's in a residential area.

01:29So yes, I came here as a volunteer,

01:32and then last year, or the year before I became a trustee,

01:35and then last year I became the chairman.

01:38I'm still an operator on a Tuesday.