Organisation: Irish Lung Fibrosis Association

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Last year I was on 24-hour oxygen, now after a transplant I can walk up to four miles a day

Gerry Fitzgerald was shocked to hear his shortness of breath was due to incurable pulmonary fibrosis. He was on oxygen 24 hours a day for two years until he received a lung transplant in 2021. Living in Co Tipperary, he now walks up to four miles a day

Fri, 24 Jun, 2022

Family consent rates must be focus when providing opt-out system of organ donation, say IKA

The focus must be on improving rates of family consent when providing an opt-out system of organ donation, the Irish Kidney Association has urged.

Thu, 02 May, 2019

Conor McGregor's Christmas jumper dreams have come true

The time is edging towards us where we will don our Christmas jumper finery for festive excursions.

Tue, 08 Nov, 2016

Patient urges HSE to agree deal for life-prolonging drug

A man whose survival depends on a double lung transplant has called on the HSE to renegotiate the price of a life-prolonging drug that has been branded too expensive to use.

Mon, 15 Apr, 2013