Paralympians have heaped praised on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) in Stanmore for the role it has played in their journey to the Games.
Marcus Perrineau-Daley and Dimitri Coutya have both spoken about the RNOH after they received treatment there following life-changing injuries.
Both competed at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Perrineau-Daley won a silver medal in the 100m T52 wheelchair racing, while Coutya won two gold medals, a silver and a bronze in fencing.
Perrineau-Daley, a former fitness model and protection operative, was treated at RNOH in 2014 after suffering an injury when he lost control of his motorbike. The accident left him with a complete spinal cord injury, meaning he has no use or sensation in his legs and trunk, alongside reduced use and sensation of his hands and arms.
He said: “My time at Stanmore was a cornerstone of my recovery. I have a renewed vision of the things that I want to achieve with my life.”
Coutya first went to RNOH as a two year old, after suffering a spinal cord injury as a result of a road traffic collision, and has been treated in Stanmore ever since.
Since then, he’s gone from strength to strength, competing in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, as well as in European and World Championships.
He said: “The staff on the ward were brilliant. They worked tirelessly to help keep a two-year-old boy interested in his rehabilitation and ensure that I received the best possible care.”
Photo: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
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