1. Our association donated €160000.00 to Professor Freddie Wood to assist in the establishment of the Mechanical Heart Programme in the Mater hospital. It has kept several patients alive until a suitable Heart became available

2. We purchased Physiotherapy exercise equipment for post transplant patients in the Heart and Lung Unit.

3. Medical equipment for Heart and Lung Unit. (E.G. Blood Pressure monitors and such).

4. We provided the finance for a specialist training course in Paris for Mater Hospital transplant coordinators.

5. Specialist training courses in the U K. for heart and lung transplant nurses from the Heart and Lung Unit in the Mater Hospital.

6. Hands free Phones for 3 coordinator.

7. Computer upgrades for Transplant Specialist Nurse.

8. Contribution to the printing of the new Heart Manual.

9. At the moment we are organising support to purchase an ‘Organ Care System’ for the Mater Transplant team.
This is an extremely important and necessary machine because it keeps the blood flowing through a heart and lungs after they have been harvested from a donor until they reach the recipient. This reduces the chances of damage to the organs and rejection afterwards; to date we have donated €70000.00

10. Prof Jim Egan requested the Association to help fund the staff administration cost for a new experimental Lung Programme which is being operate in The Heart & Lung Transplant Unit in the Mater Hospital at the moment. So far we have donated €10000.00. Further funding is pending.

11. We have contributed €2,500 towards the purchase of replacement televisions for St. Cecilia's Cardiology ward in the Mater Hospital.

12. We organise and fund a Remembrance and Thanksgiving Mass in February of each year to remember our Donors and families, and afterwards hold a reception in the Pillar room of the Mater for our members and families and friends.

13. Attendance at nurses conference in San Diego USA.

14. Purchase of a ventilator for the intensive care unit.

We confidently provide support to patients and their families who are waiting for a transplant . With the help from our Association, facilities have improved in the Mater Hospital for patients who are pre and post transplant but there is still so much more we can do.