Mayo Branch

We held our A.G.M. on Jan 29th in The Traveller's Friend Hotel Castlebar. There was a huge turnout which we were really glad to see as we had put a lot of effort in to advertising and organising the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Pat O Rourke, Chairman, Parkinson's Association of Ireland. We thank Pat for coming to Mayo for the A.G.M. he was very informative and offered all the help we would need from the National Organisation. Vincent McDonnell was proposed and seconded for the position of Secretary, Mary Nolan was proposed and seconded as Treasurer and Marian Newman was proposed and seconded as Chairperson.
The main topic of discussion was the lack of services available to Parkinson's sufferers in Mayo. Physiotherapy is practically non existent. Speech therapy is not freely available and many patients had not been referred for a neurological consultation.
As the newly elected secretary I will contact the various services and relate my findings to the next meeting. As a result of our meeting and thanks to all who turned up we now have numbers to present to the HSE and show how many patients are waiting for these services which are vital for us. Hopefully as our branch expands we will have more positive and cheerful news to contribute.

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