Pulmonary Hypertension Unit

Cup Finalists Cobh Ramblers support PHA Ireland

It takes character, hard work, skill and preparation to win a semi-final as underdogs and make it to the first senior national cup final in a club’s history. This is just what Cobh Ramblers FC achieved on Monday afternoon against Dundalk at St. Colman’s Park. Perhaps what displays the team’s character so vividly is that […]

The rising cost of breathing

Most of us take breathing for granted. Persons living with Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) do not. In an effort to raise awareness of this devastating disease, Cobh Ramblers have agreed to wear PH T-shirts prior to their epic encounter against Dundalk on Monday evening, 6th August at 5.00 pm in St Coleman’s Park. The team also want […]

PHinding your hope

The 2018 International Pulmonary Hypertension Conference & Scientific Sessions took place in Orlando, Florida USA on June 28th to July 1st. Titled ‘Phinding your hope’ it consisted of many breakout sessions and workshops. Regina Prenderville of PHA Ireland attended as one of the delegates and you can download  her comprehensive and informative notes of the conference at […]

Support Group Meeting – Cork

We’d like to remind everybody that our next Support Group Meeting is in the Silver Springs Hotel Cork on Monday next – 16th July at 12 noon in Harbour Suite 6 – looking forward to seeing all the attendees there.

Great Day at 2018 Patient and Family Annual Meeting

We want to thank all our fabulous guest speakers, group facilitators and of course our very important patient and family participants that made the 2018 Patient & Family support meeting such a success last Saturday  28th April at Crowne Plaza Dublin – Blanchardstown. We hope everybody who attended found it engaging, informative and supportive. Please […]

2018 Annual Patient and Family Meeting

The 2018 Annual Patient and Family Meeting will take place on Saturday April 28th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown commencing at 930am. We have a wide range of expert speakers and interactive workshops for participants. Please download the full programme at this link to find out how to register and the details of the […]

PHéileacán – 2018 Newsletter

From Haulbowline to Patrick Street to Cobh Leisure  Centre – Cork, from patient & family support meetings to the English Channel to Nice and Nuremberg, from the National Unit at the Mater Hospital to Dáil Éireann  it’s been a PHenomenal year for PHA Ireland’s members and their supporters. If you don’t know what the Association has […]

PHA Ireland at Dáil Éireann

13th February 2018 was a very important and valuable day at Oireachtas Éireann, Ireland’s parliament, for PHA Ireland. A delegation of  medical staff from the National Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Mater Hospital, and members of PHA Ireland (Patients and Families members) attended and we are immensely grateful for all those who gave of their time to […]

Mariposa Journal Winter 2017/18

PHA Europe’s Official Journal – Mariposa Journal is now available for download www.phaeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/Mariposa-winter-n.-19_web.pdf. The journal highlights the numerous projects and activities the organisation has successfully carried out in the course of the year to advance the cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients in Europe and the accomplishments of the member associations, who have been incredibly active […]

2018 Young People Patient Advocacy

Via Pulmonary Hypertension Association Europe and the European Patients Forum (EPF) the annual opportunity to train our young people in patient advocacy comes around again. Advocacy is about defending patients’ rights: • Right to access treatment • Right to have affordable medication • Right to have good quality healthcare • Right to equality and equity The defense […]