The dentist
who8217s racking
up air Smiles!AVISIT to the
dentist is not
usually
something to
smile about. But that8217s
not the case with one
practice in Bishop8217s
Stortford, which is
getting its teeth into the
163250,000 Herts Air
Ambulance Appeal.Dr Bhavin Bhatt is
offering a laser tooth
whitening package at half
price, which will put a
gloss to the tune of163200
per person on the fund to
provide the county with
an emergency helicopter.
Diane Dixon, a manager
with the Royal Bank of
Scotland, was the first to
take advantage at his
Smile and Well Being
Clinic in South Street.
The in-surgery and home
whitening package is
being offered at 163400, half
ofwhich goes to the air
ambulance appeal.
Dr Bhatt said: 8220My aim is
to get 100 patients then we
can raise 16320,000.8221
He is a firm believer in
the value ofair
ambulances. 8220I qualified
at the Royal London
Hospital, which was one
ofthe first hospitals to
have an air ambulance. As
part ofmy training I was
in the emergency
department and I saw first
hand how important it is.
8220Also, the parents ofa
friend ofmine were
travelling on the M1 from
Luton Airport a couple of
months ago and were
involved in an horrific car
crash. Both his parents
are still unconscious, but
they would have been
dead ifnot for an air
ambulance. It has
devastated his world but
the blessing is the air
ambulance.
8220I was shocked and
appalled when I learnt
that a very prosperous
county like Hertfordshire
doesn8217t have an air
ambulance.8221
Dr Bhatt, who qualified in
1999, has been running his
practice in Stortford for
just over a year.G
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Sawbridgeworth is offering women the
chance to transform their wardrobes to
help raise money for the air ambulance
appeal.
Grace Bardin, of Grace Bardin Studios
in The Maltings, is hosting the first of a
series of fund-raising sale nights on
Saturday March 29, with 25 per cent of
the profits going to getting the county8217s
first emergency chopper off the ground.
The event will be followed by a women8217s
consultation on April 7, when guests
can take along their old clothes and get
tips and advice on how to breathe new
life into their look.
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Observer
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month, has worked for top designers
including Christian Dior and Karen
Millen and has more than 25 years8217
experience in the fashion industry.
For more information about both events
or to book tickets, call Grace on (01279)
600747.16GObserver March 13, 2008
www.hertsandessexobserver.co.ukThe latest news on the 163250,000 Hertfordshire Air Ambulance AppealTo make a donation to the appeal, call 0845 241 7690
or visit the website www.hertsairambulance.uk.comLATE-DUTY
CHEMISTSONEmight be forgiven for
being quite depressed of
late. Economists are talking up a
recession, environmentalists are
predicting disaster and there
continues to be grim news from
Afghanistan and Iraq.
If you add to that, for us ordinary
folk, huge hikes in utility bills then
one wonders what in the world
there is to look forward to.
The answer is, of course, Easter!
No doubt you are thinking that a
few bunnies, some chocolate
eggs and two extra days off work
will do little to improve your lot,
but listen: the true message of
Easter is that when all was dark
8212 on the Friday, when all was
death 8212 on the cross and the
followers of Jesus must have
been steeped in despair, a
fantastic resurrection was coming
on the Sunday. From dark came
light and from death came life.
We must not despair but instead
embrace the Easter message of
hope and joy for everyone that is
promised to us in Jesus Christ
and available at a church near
you this Easter and every day.B
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dBISHOP8217S STORTFORD 8211 Mon-Sat:
Tesco, Bishop8217s Park, 8am-8pm (Sun:
10am-4pm).
SAWBRIDGEWORTH 8211 Thu-Fri:
Village
Pharmacy, Bell Street, until 6.30pm. Sat:
Village, until 5pm; Bell Pharmacy,
Forelands Place, Bell Street, 9am-1pm.
Mon-Wed:
Village and Bell, until 6.30pm.
STANSTED 8211 Mon-Fri:
Alliance Pharmacy,
Cambridge Road, until 6pm (Sat:
until
1pm).
DUNMOW 8211 Mon-Sat:
Yogi Pharmacy,
Market Place 5.30pm-6.30pm. Sun:
Ropers Pharmacy, 9 High Street, 11am-
noon.THOUGHT
FOR
THEWEEKBy
Sandra Perry
NEWS EDITORperrys@hertsessexnews.co.ukALL WHITE: Patient Diane Dixon undergoes laser teeth whitening at the
hands of Bishop8217s Stortford dentist Dr Bhavin Bhatt, who is donating half
the cost of such treatments to the air ambulance appeal Photo: HXH433PT-04
inset, the doctor and his patient Photo: HXH433PT-01GRACE AND FAVOUR: Fashion designer Grace Bardin in her
studio in Sawbridgeworth Photo: YLRVYZXN-04Treat your loved one to
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TEL.(01279) 652024FINAL WEEK
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