A Lusk man battling a serious heart condition and who also contracted COVID-19, has urged other heart failure patients to embrace new supports set up by the Irish Heart Foundation.
Tom Corr was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in 2009, a disease of the heart muscle which means it pumps only 20% of the blood that it should, and with atrial fibrillation - irregular heartbeat - in 2016.
The 58-year-old married father-of-one, who also experienced two strokes in 2017 and has been fitted with a pacemaker, says that his heart failure condition leaves him tired and lacking the energy for regular activities many of us take for granted.
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The Irish Heart Foundation is urging the estimated 10,000 people living with heart failure in Cork to engage with new supports it has established during Covid-19 restrictions.
The charity has responded to a sense of isolation felt by people living with heart failure, a condition which has a lower survival rate than many cancers.
Heart failure or heart inefficiency occurs when the organ is not working as well as it should and does not pump blood around the body efficiently.
With almost 900 new cases every year in Cork, the Foundation’s new support service will help thousands of people nationwide to live normal, full and active lives with their condition.
The Irish Heart Foundation is urging the estimated 1,800 people living with heart failure in Kilkenny to engage with new supports it has established during Covi.