A renowned fundraiser and extreme adventurer is launching a new charity to help sick children in hospital.

Jamie McDonald, 39, who is also known as Adventureman, has launched the charity Ward Buddies which aims to end emotional abandonment for children in hospitals.

The charity’s team will provide companionship and emotional support to young patients who find themselves alone on the ward – stepping in as a “Buddy” when loved ones cannot be by their bedside.

Ward Buddies’ medical experts, who include paediatric doctors and nurses and a child psychologist, describe unvisited children becoming withdrawn and depressed, with low moods and increasing behavioural issues over time.

They said some children even struggle to recover physically or to adjust back to normal life after discharge, car

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