'Every day is a fight': Nearly 10,000 people living with heart failure in Cork, says charity

We have patients in our network aged 30 and above, whose daily lives have changed — their work status, having to take medication, dealing with lower energy

Heart failure can happen independent of age and is of increasing prevalence among young people according to Dr Emer Joyce. File picture.

An estimated 10,000 people are living with heart failure in Cork, more than 10% of the 90,000 living with the chronic condition in Ireland. 

That is according to the Irish Heart Foundation which is urging people to access the right supports to manage their illness for Heart Failure Awareness Week.