Kerry TDs are backing the call for greater support for people with cardiac disease.
Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, Senator Mark Daly and Deputies Danny Healy-Rae, Pa Daly and Michael Cahill have endorsed the need for greater access to services and support for those who are living with heart failure.
The Irish Heart Foundation is behind the campaign which led to the first meeting recently of the Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group.
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It’s estimated 4,193 people in Kerry suffer from heart failure.
Dr Eamonn O’Shea, GP, HSE/ICGP Integrated Care GP Clinical Lead Cardiovascular with the Irish College of General Practitioners, Professor Emer Joyce, Consultant Heart Function and Transplant Cardiologist at The Mater Hospital, Emma Balmaine, CEO, Irish Heart Foundation and Chris Macey, Director of Advocacy and Patient Support at the Heart and Stroke Oireachtas Group meeting, set up by the Irish Heart Foundation. Picture: Justin Farrelly
