Parents of a cot death victim are to see a unit dedicated to helping children with sleep and breathing problems open in her name.

The Alexandra Louise Chapman room will open in the children's Jumbo Ward at Crawley Hospital on Friday.

Equipment for the £16,000 room has been bought through an appeal set up by Debbie and Nigel Chapman following the death of one of their twin daughters in 1994.

All but £2,000 has been raised and the rest will follow shortly.

The appeal was helped by the Duchess of York, Harrods, Brighton boxer Chris Eubank, who donated his gloves for a raffle prize, and the late Princess of Wales.

Mrs Chapman said: "The day before Alexandra died she was given an eight weeks medical check at our local surgery and we were told she was perfectly healthy.

"The next morning when she was due for her feed my husband found her dead in her cot."

The couple were told the surviving twin Stephanie needed special tests to make sure she did not suffer from the same problem, which were only available in the South-East at Crawley Hospital.

Mrs Chapman said: "We had to wait for two weeks before Stephanie could be put on the special monitor which checks for breathing and other problems because there was only one machine at the hospital.

"We decided to raise money to get the hospital another monitor."

The room will monitor children and babies who may be at risk from cot death, with life threatening breathing difficuties or who suffer choking episodes.

Mrs Chapman said: "I am very proud to have a room named after Alexandra. I feel she hasn't died in vain."