'Race to the Sun' raises funds for hospital's neonatal unit

Pediatric Anaesthetic Consultant, Dr Ralph Mackinnon, may not be up to celebrating his fortieth birthday in style after deciding to test his endurance and raise money for the new Neonatal Surgical Unit at Saint Mary’s Hospital, Manchester.

Dr MacKinnon will take on the ‘Race to the Sun’ cycling challenge along with four experienced alpine cyclist colleagues. Over seven days, they will cycle 1260km from Paris to Nice, riding for up to nine hours and covering distances of around 200km a day, as they try to stay ahead of the professionals in the cycling stage race Paris-Nice.

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