How Ireland's eating disorder patients have been forgotten by the health service
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Rachel, a young student nurse from Dublin, was just twenty years old, when her mother Sam began to notice the first signs of an eating disorder. Six years on, after multiple hospitalisations and ten months spent in a specialised unit in London, Sam is still struggling to get Rachel the help she needs. The mother of five, shares her story and the impact the lack of specialist services in Ireland is having on patients and their families. Also, Social Affairs correspondent Kitty Holland tells her personal experience of living with an eating disorder.Cared Ireland can be reached at [email protected] can be contacted at 01-2107906 or [email protected] by Declan Conlon, Jennifer Ryan and Suzanne Brennan.Opening music by Hugh Rodgers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
