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Heart Children Ireland
Heart Children Ireland supports all people affected by Congenital Heart Disease to live their lives to the fullest. We also provide support to parents and other relatives of those affected by CHD.
HCI has purchased life-saving equipment for both the Paediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Units in Crumlin and the Mater Hospitals. Our support for both units is ongoing. We also provide direct support to families and children, social events and our annual conference. We continue to directly support our young adults. We have many other supports in place, see www.heartchildren.ie for further information.
overview
Heart Children is the national organisation supporting children born with Congenital Heart Disease and their families. Since our foundation in 1990, we have raised in excess of €3m for the Children's Heart Centre at CHI Crumlin. We also support the Adult Congenital Unit at the Mater Hospital. See below how your incredible fundraising efforts have helped us provide vital supports to our members.
history
Heart Children Ireland was founded in 1990 by a group of parents who met at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin. Their commanality was that their children were born with Congenital Heart Disease. While drawing support from each other, they formed a parent support group which they called Heart Children Ireland. The organisation went on to became a registered charity and set about fundraising for vital services for children with CHD. For example, Heart Children helped shape clinical services at CHI Crumlin by funding the very first Clinical Nurse Specialist. The charity followed this by funding a Play Specialist and a Speech and Language Therapist. As children with CHD grow into aduldhood, they transfer to the Adult Congenital Unit at the Mater Hospital. Heart Children Ireland also funded the very first Clinical Nurse Specialist to support our adult population and has supplied vital life saving equipment to both hospitals.
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