Prince Harry of Britain awarded the Invictus Medal to a medical team of Papworth Hospital.
Prince Harry awarded the Invictus Games gold medal to the US soldier, Elizabeth Marks, 25 years old from Arizona, who won it yet, refused to keep it. Instead, the soldier returned the Invictus Medal in honor for the medical team of Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire who saved her life in London in 2014.
Staff Sergeant Elizabeth Marks became deeply ill with a lung condition and she had to be rushed in the hospital. Subsequently she was treated by the staff of the Hospital in Cambridgeshire. Marks had suffered hip injuries while on mission in Iraq and had to undergo four rounds of surgery in 18 months.
It was also reported that Marks spent nine days being supported by an advanced medical system, which is called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), that would allows oxygen to be added to the blood outside the body.
Following her recovery, Marks won gold for winning the 100m freestyle swimming and other swimming events in the Invictus Games, where she asked the prince to donate her award to the said medical team.
Harry handed over the medal to the team at London’s Kensington Palace together with Staff Sergeant Elizabeth Marks who describes the hospital as, “undoubtedly the best place for someone having this condition” (referring to her illness).
The Invictus Games is a Paralympic-style event held for wounded military personnel, injured, sick armed services personnel and their veterans. This includes wheelchair basketball games, sitting volleyball and indoor rowing.