Asthma plan could save 50 lives every year

AT LEAST one person dies from asthma in Ireland every week, but 50 lives could be saved every year if Ireland adopted an asthma management plan.

In a presentation to the Joint Committee on Health and Children yesterday, the Asthma Society of Ireland outlined some staggering statistics on the increasing prevalence of asthma in Irish society.

Ireland has the fourth highest prevalence of asthma worldwide, with approximately 470,000, or one in eight people, suffering from the condition.