They served a breakfast at St. Paul's on Easter Sunday to raise money to purchase these shunts. Enough money was raised to purchase two shunts which will save two children's lives. These shunts are used for infants and children who have a condition called hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus is caused by a failure of the natural drainage system that regulates the amount of fluid around the brain.
Premature infants can be susceptible to it.
Meningitis may also cause it to develop. Otherwise its cause is unknown. The need for medical shunts is great. There are approximately 5,000 children suffering from hydrocephalus in Russia right now. The hospitals which perform this operation can only afford to buy a few of the Russian made shunts which are of poor quality and are seldom available.