Post Heart and Lung Transplant Patient Information Leaflet - COVID-19 – January 2022
Cancellation of European Heart and Lung Transplant Championships 2022 Ostend (Belgium)
Managing Committee of the European Heart and Lung Transplant Federation have announced today Sunday 6th February 2022 the cancellation of the European Heart and Lung Transplant Championships planned for June 2022 in Ostend,Belgium.
Further details available on the Federation website https://ehltf.org/news
Covid Vaccine Info - January 2022
COVID-19 booster for people with weak immune systems:
People who have a weak immune system, also called immunocompromised, can now get a booster dose. People in this group were offered a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and can now get a booster dose if it has been 3 months since their third dose. See below for information on how to get your booster dose - you can use any of the options outlined in the next section.
COVID-19 vaccine booster
People aged 16 and older can get their COVID-19 vaccine booster dose now. Find more information on the different options you have to get your vaccine booster here. You can book your own booster appointment for many vaccination centres online through the HSE website using the online self-scheduler here. You can also get your booster at many pharmacies and you’ll find a list on HSE.ie here. Some GPs are also vaccinating their patients.
You need to wait at least 3 months (90 days) after your vaccine course before you can get a booster dose. If you have had COVID-19 since you were vaccinated you should get your booster dose at least 3 months after your positive result.
Please bring photo ID that shows your date of birth to your appointment or walk-in clinic.
Mater Clinic Poster - Photos Wanted
Heart & Lung Transplant Recipients - Photos wanted for poster
The staff at the Mater hospital are making improvements to the transplant clinic experience. As part of these improvements, they are creating a large welcome poster for the entry to the clinic.
If you are a Heart or Lung Transplant recipient & would like to be considered for inclusion on this poster, please send a photo of yourself – one you feel expresses you living post-transplant.
Photos ideas of you as a recipient living your life include:
spending time with family
playing sport,
attending college/graduating,
working.
Please email the photographs to
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before Tuesday 14th of December 2021
IKA Virtual Annual Service of Thanksgiving 2021
The Irish Kidney Association's virtual and 36th Annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving will be broadcast on RTÉ News Channel* on Sunday, 21st November, 2021 at 2.15pm(GMT) and available to view on RTÉ Player and on www.ika.ie
Previously recorded at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Dublin 4 by Kairos Communications
JustSayYes - 9th October 2021
9 October 2021 - European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation
“JustSayYes” – Let people know you are a donor – this is the slogan of the 2021 edition of the European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation, which aims at raising awareness about organ, tissue and cell donation and the importance for people to make their wishes known to their loved ones.
On this occasion, the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) of the Council of Europe is leading an online campaign (#JustSayYesEODD).
One single donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and save or improve more than 100 lives through tissue donation! In 2020, 35 529 organ transplants were performed in Europe, while 43 183 new patients were added to a waiting list.
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