Letters to the Editor: Being a carer in a power outage

A reader tells of her experience of caring for a son with complex ailments without electricity or water

An 'Irish Examiner' reader tells of how her family went four days without electricity and without her son being on his breathing equipment, as the back-up battery only lasts three hours. 
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Regarding ‘CF patient spent extra week in hospital while waiting for power to be restored’ (Niamh Griffin, Irish Examiner, February 2).

We are not ones for complaining, as we are grateful that our young fellow is with us now.