Dr. Ciaran Bannan:

To speak to the St. James's experience, all patients coming to the clinic for the first time will get a comprehensive medical assessment. They will get a full physical examination and a timeline and trajectory of their symptoms will be taken from that. Relevant investigations will then be done to rule out any other medical conditions, such as asthma, obstructive sleep apnoea, anaemia, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease or any other factors that might be contributing to or worsening their symptoms.