Pádraig Schaler’s parents thought, ‘he’ll wake in a few days’

The devastated parents of a brain injured student plan to set up a rehabilitation unit here, writes Caroline O’Doherty

THE parents of a student forced to relocate to Germany for medical treatment following a devastating brain injury have vowed to set up a rehabilitation unit here for other young people in the same position.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the road accident that almost killed Pádraig Schaler, who is now fighting for recovery in the Hamburg hospital where he transferred last November.