107-year-old donated estate to hospital to help fund scanner for his great-great-niece

A kind-hearted 107-year-old donated his entire estate to a hospital to help fund an innovative scanner - which will be used to treat his great-great-niece's brain tumour. Former army-veteran David 'Stanley' Brackenbrough left a legacy gift of £245,000 when he died in 2017 which has been used to fund a third of the £800,000 machine. The device will enable doctors to give brave seven-year-old Isabelle Smith a more detailed diagnosis of a benign tumour she was diagnosed with at nine-months old. The growth lies deep within her brain and has so far been unable to be removed; however, the scanner may open up the possibility of it eventually being extracted if necessary.