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  1. Jillian McNulty raffles Mayo jersey for Cystic Fibrosis

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    Our wonderful supporter Jillian McNulty, who has raised huge funds for the C.F. Unit here in St. Vincent’s as well as C.F. Ireland, has now organised a most innovative fundraising event. She has persuaded the Mayo football team, in advance of their All Ireland Final on September 11th, to sign a Mayo jersey to be raffled to raise funds. 

    See details on https://www.gofundme.com/f/signed-mayo-jersey-for-cystic-fibrosis?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

    Jillian has stated that the funds raised will be divided between C.F. Ireland and the C.F. Unit in St. Vincent’s.

    Good luck Jillian and thank you again.

     

  2. Frailty Car initiative

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    St. Vincent’s Foundation is delighted to support the purchase, in partnership with St. Vincent’s University Hospital, of a specialist vehicle for delivery of patient care for the EDITH (Emergency Department in the Home) service.

    The initiative, to shift care from Emergency Department (ED) to a team travelling to patients’ homes, follows a trial period from early 2020 and is now firmly established as an effective way of treating patients. The suitable cohort of patients include those suffering dehydration, falls, pain and orthostatic hypotension.  The visiting team will typically be an ED doctor, Occupational Health staff and an Advanced Paramedic.

    Karen O’Donohoe, Business & Operations Manager, SVUH summarises the effectiveness of the project:

    “…The Team see, review and treat an average of 10 patients/day and to date approx. 91% of this group have been able to have their complete episode of care provided in their home.  Of the 9% that required conveyance to Hospital some of these required attendance for diagnostics only and were able to go home immediately afterwards and did not require overnight admission. To date, almost 3,000 patients have benefited from this service, which has been a resounding success and a positive innovation for the Patients, the Staff and Hospital as a whole of which we are very proud…”

    The pictures below capture some of the staff involved in this superb development.

     

     

     

  3. Sean Egan Movember fundraising

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    One of our youngest participants to date in Movember was Sean Egan from Rathfarnham.  He raised €600 for the Liver Unit here in St. Vincent’s from this terrific effort. On behalf of our patients, current and future, we are deeply grateful to Sean and his supporters.

    Sean visited the hospital to present his funds and our photograph captures the occasion.

     

     

     

  4. Move for Maria – fundraising for I.C.U. Nurse training

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    Karl Walsh from Dublin ran 10km per day for 30 days fundraising for critical care nurse training in the Intensive Care Unit here in St. Vincent’s.

    From this phenomenal undertaking, Karl raised €23,896.31. All funds have been deployed in developing specialist post graduate training for I.C.U. staff. The benefits of this will be felt by current and future patients in I.C.U.

    We are deeply indebted to Karl for this trojan effort and result. We are also grateful to everyone who contributed to this success.

     

  5. Bank of Ireland Business Banking donation in memory of Helen Lacey

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    In memory of their much loved colleague, Helen Lacey R.I.P., Bank of Ireland, Business Banking Client Services in Cabinteely recently donated €1,140 for patient care here in St. Vincent’s. The presentation was made by her colleagues Greg Finn, Graham Fagan & Susan Dwyer who called to the hospital.

    This donation was made up of fundraising they organised from a competition based on the GAA Championships and colleagues also contributed €500 from a lotto syndicate that Helen was a part of.

    On behalf of our patients, we are most grateful for this generous donation and our sympathies to Helen’s family and work colleagues.

    Pictured are Graham, Greg & Susan presenting the donation to John Hickey

  6. Hannah Kindregan’s challenge for the Liver Unit

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    Hannah Kindregan from County Galway, a former patient of the Liver Unit in St. Vincent’s, undertook a challenge during the month of April. She set herself a target of raising €500 by walking a distance of 150km. She outperformed both by more than two times. As she explains herself “My 150km challenge is over. Thank you all so much for your support. As I doubled the fundraising target, I felt it was only right to double the distance. I can confirm that I have walked 319.93km”

    Her iDonate fundraising page raised €1,115 for the Liver Unit.

    We are deeply grateful to this wonderful fundraiser and an exceptionally and courageous person.

    We are also very indebted to all those who made this fundraising possible.

     

     

     

     

  7. Run for a Life 5km

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    To mark Organ Donation Week, multiple organ donation transplant recipient Sinead Lowndes planned to attempt her first 5km run since surgery.  With the support of family and friends Sinead undertook this event on Saturday 3rd April 2021.

    Her iDonate fundraising page raised a magnificent total of €3,007 for the Liver Unit here in St. Vincent’s.

    Sinead’s result amply demonstrates her kindness, resilience and courage. We are indebted to her.

    See below photos of Sinead and her supporters

  8. 1,200 in Memory of Linda Connor

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    On the 12th Anniversary of the death of Linda O’Connor from Belmullet, County Mayo, 12 of her family and friends covered 1,200 miles (run/walk/cycle) in the month of March. The idea to do this was stimulated by Linda’s son Nathan to mark his 18th birthday.

    Rachel McBride set up an iDonate fundraising page for this event, with funds to be divided between Oncology care here in St. Vincent’s (where Linda was looked after during her battle with Liver Cancer)  and Cara Iarrais in Belmullet. A fantastic total of €8,052 was raised and St. Vincent’s are delighted to receive €4,026.

    See photos below from the event

  9. The Big Chop for Pancreatic Cancer

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    Ruth Byrne a young doctor from Dalkey, Co. Dublin has been growing out her hair for the last 18 months with the intention to cut off 14 inches of for the Rapunzel Foundation. The Rapunzel Foundation is a charity based in Ireland that helps to make wigs for children and adults with longterm hair loss, such as alopecia.

    Ruth generously decided to also use the opportunity to fundraise for a very important cause that is close to her heart. She chose to raise money for pancreatic cancer research and care here in St. Vincent’s. Last year Ruth spent 3 months working in the National Centre for Pancreatic Cancer which is in St. Vincent’s.

    We are most grateful to Ruth and her supporters for contributing a fantastic total of €6,040 for Pancreatic Cancer Research, from her “Big Chop” fundraiser

    Ruth is pictured below after “The Big Chop”

  10. Hannah’s 150km challenge for the Liver Unit in St. Vincent’s

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    Hannah Kindregan from County Galway is undertaking a 150km challenge for the Liver Unit in St. Vincent’s during the month of April.

    As Hannah describes on her fundraising page on iDonate, she had the most positive outcome from a really serious health situation. She has, generously, decided to help other patients and their families by fundraising for the Liver Unit in our hospital.  

    We express our sincere thanks to Hannah and all her supporters for this terrific undertaking

    If you would like to support Hannah’s fundraising, please log onto her iDonate fundraising page at

    hhttps://www.idonate.ie/hannahs150kmchallenge

    Hannah reports that she has recovered to full health which is the best news of all.