Letters to the Editor: Heart and stroke patients have been forgotten

'I had wonderful treatment, it was like Star Trek treatment. I had been in MUH, CUH, and finally in St Oliver’s ward in St Finbarr’s Hospital. I spent 16 weeks in various hospitals, where I was treated with the utmost dignity, respect, and world-class treatment.' Picture: Larry Cummins

In December 14’s paper, health correspondent Niamh Griffin wrote of heart and stroke patients being forgotten. Sadly, I have to agree.

I collapsed one Halloween night with a brain haemorrhage. After I was found on the floor where I had been for over 10 hours, I was brought to the MUH where Dr Noel Fanning tried to coil me, but could not. I was then brought to CUH, where Mister George Kaar clipped the leak in my brain.