A Gorey mother of a poorly little boy says she has been overwhelmed by the public response to a campaign to help her family.
Over €28,000 has been raised for four-and-a-half-month-old Conor Joseph Grehan through the Caring For Conor campaign set up by Conor s proud godmother, Gorey s Joy Quigley. Over 60 people opted to complete a 5km walk or run in aid of Caring for Conor and the money raised will go towards the little boy s medical bills, with the rest donated to Crumlin Children s Hospital.
Conor s mother Marie Kennedy has thanked everyone who had supported the cause. Nobody wants to have to rely on their family, friends, neighbours or strangers to help them financially but then the messages of support started rolling in and that was when we realised that people wanted to help us even if we didn t want the help.
COVID-19 proved 2020 was truly the Year of the Nurse
New Mexico Lt. Governor Howie Morales
When the World Health Organization (WHO) named 2020 as the ‘International Year of the Nurse’, it had no inkling of how true that would become. The designation was meant to honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, a Victorian-era reformer of hospital care, and to raise recognition of the nursing profession. Then the Coronavirus pandemic struck. As the year draws to a close, we truly have learned how essential nurses are to everyone’s lives in 2020. We must not forget it.
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 infection across the U.S. have soared daily, setting new records for weeks on end. More than 3,000 Americans are dying every day from the virus, and infected patients are stretching U.S. medical facilities to the breaking point. In New Mexico the trends are no different. ICU beds are full across the state.