FUNDRAISERS have joined forces to pay for equipment at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s children’s ward.

Chester Deva Rotary and volunteers from Friends of the Hospital teamed up to host a number of bag-packing events in city supermarkets, including Marks & Spencer, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s.

The charitable group raised a total of £2,700.

The money will pay for hospital equipment such as SATS monitors.

A SATS monitor is a hand-held medical device which measures the oxygen levels in a patient’s blood and displays the patient’s heart rate.