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04/09/2014

The race 'Nick Horta' raises 8,000 euros for hepatic cancer

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04/09/2014

The V Nick Sport Horta Race has been a success, with 1,000 runners registered and 8.000€ raised

The "http://www.nickspa.com/pagina/cursa/cursa" V Cursa Nick Sport d'Horta, the charity race that took place the September 21th and this year was dedicated to hepatic cancer at the Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), was a success with 1,000 runners registered and 8,000 euros raised for research on this disease, at VHIR. María José Moscoso, the promoter of the race, has given the cheque to VHIR's Director, Joan X. Comella, together with Gemma Flores, director of the Nick Sports center.Moscoso it’s been 9 months since she got a liver transplant at Vall d’Hebron, after she was diagnosed with hepatic cancer. The day of the race she gave a symbolic cheque to Dr. Ramon Charcho, head of the digestive transplants group at VHIR.“I feel that I must help all the people who have been with me and the Catalan public system of health”, said María José, that admitted that “I consider my duty to compensate somehow all the things that the doctors have done to keep me alive and healthy”. This is the reason why the last two years the charity race has dedicated all funds to the research at VHIR, the goal is to collect more funds than last year that raised nearly 5,000 euro.The main novelty for this year event was a free special race for young people and children with Down syndrome or any other disability that joined the race in the last 1.5km.

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