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Actors Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas are visiting a Cardiff hospital to boost its fundraising campaign.
The Swansea-born actress officially opened the Children's Hospital for Wales back in 2006.
The Hollywood couple's return coincides with the 10th anniversary of the original Noah's Ark Appeal. They are touring the hospital facilities.
The charity needs to raise a further ÂŁ7m to build an intensive care unit, operating theatres and wards.
The pair are meeting patients and their family members at the hospital as part of an official tour.
Catherine Zeta Jones is a patron of the Noah's Ark Appeal - set up to raise funds for the hospital.
In 2005, the couple donated a five-figure sum to the charity.
The first phase of the project included two 25-bed medical wards and one 16-bed paediatric cancer ward.
It cost ÂŁ9m to deliver, with ÂŁ4.5m provided by the assembly government and ÂŁ4.5m raised by Noah's Ark.
The second phase of the children's hospital, which will be built adjacent to the first phase building, will operating theatres, a teenage cancer unit, an eye clinic and a private garden for patients and their families.
The ÂŁ54.3m second phase building is being funded by the assembly government while its running costs will be met by local health boards and Health Commission Wales.
In addition to this Noah's Ark has committed to raising ÂŁ7m to support equipment, including an MRI scanner and vital equipment for the new intensive care unit.
The ÂŁ1.5m scanner has no sides, meaning a parent can lie next to their child during the scan, minimising the need for sedation.
The demolition will begin in January 2011 with the main construction starting in August 2011. It is hoped the full development will be completed in 2014.
It is the first hospital set up Wales specialising in the treatment of sick children.
Source: BBC
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