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(Ireland) 6,000 kids with asthma in Louth schools; inhalers needed

  • May 31, 2018
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Sept 2, 2017, Independent (Ireland): 6,000 Louth asthma kids 'are at risk' http://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/news/6000-louth-asthma-kids-are-at-risk-36076681.html As nearly 6,000 asthmatic children return to school in Louth, the Asthma Society has warned that every school should have an asthma inhaler in their first aid kit in case of an emergency. But two years after a new scheme was put in place by then Minister for Health Leo Varadkar not a single school has received an emergency asthma inhaler under it. This, combined with some reluctance to administer asthma medication, is putting children's lives at risk. …

 
 
 

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