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Melanie Sheehan Cleary welcomes new HSE programme in honour of her daughter Eve
Melanie Sheehan Cleary pictured at the UHL Protest in January 2023. Photo: I Love Limerick
Melanie Sheehan Cleary, mother of Eve Cleary who tragically passed away in 2019 welcomes HSE announcement for programme dedicated to examining the diagnosis of blood clots in honour of Eve
Melanie Sheehan Cleary, mother of Eve Cleary who passed away in 2019 due to blood clots in her lungs after being discharged from University Hospital Limerick, has expressed her approval of a new HSE initiative.
The HSE has announced the implementation of a programme dedicated to examining the diagnosis of blood clots in honor of Eve Cleary as part of the National Venous Thromboembolism Programme (NVTEP).
Melanie, who announced she will contest the next General Election for the Mid-West Hospital Campaign said, “I am proud that Eve’s name will live on through the implementation of these protocols, which will save lives.”
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“When we were in the High Court over Eve’s death, part of our settlement with the HSE was supposed to be that Eve’s Protocols would be rolled out nationally. Part of the protocols are modelled on the NHS and are very effective in identifying people at risk of blood clots, which can be lethal as we experienced. Unfortunately, the HSE reneged on that part of the settlement and we were just given a quarterly review in respect of thrombosis.”
Melanie said that according to Thrombosis Ireland doctors estimate that there are approximately 4,000 deaths per year in Ireland from hospital acquired Venous Thrombembolism of which as many as 1,900 are preventable “just like Eve’s was.”
Describing how she followed up with the HSE to push for the implementation of Eve’s Protocols, Melanie said, “I myself had a blood clot that travelled to my lung, but was lucky to be so well looked after in St John’s Hospital and survived. I arranged for a meeting with the HSE’s new Midwest regional executive officer Sandra Broderick through my contact with HSE CEO Bernard Gloster. I explained these figures and my own experience as well as Eve’s.
“It has taken a lot of campaigning, but I am delighted that ‘Eve’s Protocols’ are now becoming a reality. I have always said that I am doing this so that no other family suffers as we did. I am proud that Eve’s name will live on through the implementation of these protocols, which will save lives.”
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