Brain victims’group urges unit go-ahead

A GROUP working with brain injury victims has strongly urged the health authorities to accept a multi-million euro offer of medical equipment.

Brain victims’group urges unit go-ahead

Top US neurosurgeon, Patrick Kelly, is willing to donate millions worth of specialist equipment to a proposed neurosurgery unit in Galway but his offer has been ignored for three years by the health authorities here.

Headway Ireland, which provides training for people with brain injuries, wants the Department of Health to accept the offer. "The offer of $4m is wonderfully generous and it would be a travesty and a shame if Ireland couldn't benefit from it.

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