After 3 years in hospital, Patricia gets to go home

A 22-YEAR-old woman left severely disabled by a rare brain disease she contracted while working in a pet shop will go home tomorrow, having spent almost three years in hospital.

Limerick woman Patricia Ingle, who is a nightly patient at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, will have spent a total of 1,069 days in hospital when she finally leaves this weekend.

In June, she secured a multimillion-euro High Court settlement, which will help her receive rehabilitation care in Britain.