OIREACHTAS MEMBERS TO LOBBY FOR HSE FUNDING ON MEDICAL DEVICE

Date Published: 20-Mar-2013

A number of TDs and Senators have agreed to lobby on behalf of a Galway consultant about restoring HSE West funding for a potentially life-saving medical device.Consultant endo vascular specialist at Galway University Hospitals Sherif Sultan gave a presentation on the ArtAssist home device in Leinster House this afternoon.The equipment which increases arterial blood flow to the leg is currently used by over 550 patients in Ireland.It can be rented from a company for 90 days for 12 hundred euro, and could save a leg from amputation.Oireachtas members are now expected to raise the issue with the area manager of the Galway and Roscommon PCCC Catherine Cunningham at a private meeting in Merlin Park this Friday. (10am)Galway Senator Trevor O' Clochartaigh facilitated the meeting in Leinster House today, and says the consultant made a very convincing case to get funding restored.