Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Okay, and 860,000 people are living with some form of neurological condition. On the issue of early onset Parkinson's, and I raised this at the presentation in the audiovisual room, we have a better understanding of this condition in recent years, but most people would still have that connotation that Parkinson's is an older person's condition, whereas that is not true. It is generally a broad spectrum of age. How prevalent is early onset Parkinson's in the population?

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.