Vera Twomey To Continue Campaign For Ava
7 year old Ava suffers from a rare form of epilepsy and has muliple seizures each day.
Vera Twomey says she's determined to continue with her campaign to obtain medicinal cannabis for her daughter Ava through a change in legislation...
7 year old Ava suffers from a rare form of epilepsy and has muliple seizures each day.
Last week the Cork mother mounted a nine-day protest march from Cork to the Dáil after her application for medicinal cannabis was rejected on the grounds that a paediatric neurologist hadn't signed off on it.
Vera held a meeting with the Health Minister where a number of options were outlined to her however she says after examining them all she still needs a change in the legislation....
Speaking on the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork's RedFM Vera is appealing to people not to give up on her daughter
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