A TEESSIDE couple have answered auxiliary nurse Julie Dunn's call to get patients into their pyjamas

Mrs Dunn, who works on a surgical ward at the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, noticed the difficulty amputee patients had in finding suitably fitted pyjama bottoms.

Mrs Dunn contacted Maureen Ghent from the hospital's Women's Royal Voluntary Services to see if they could help and she made a personal donation of £300.

Now 50 pairs of custom-made pyjamas have been delivered to the ward for the benefit of patients who have had their lower limbs amputated.

Mrs Dunn said: "Thanks to Maureen and her husband I was able to contact a firm which makes special pyjamas. They are a bit like Bermuda shorts with a very wide leg."

Mrs Ghent wanted to make the donation after her husband, Peter, spent some time on the hospital's ward seven.

She said: "We were not going on holiday so decided to give them the money we would have saved and were really happy to help."