Monthly Archives: April 2012
Brave Lindsay gives hope to other MS sufferers
At just 32 years old, Lindsay was struck down with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Published on Saturday 28 April 2012 11:06
Lindsay Moore
TWENTY years ago Lindsay Moore was accepted into a prestigious dancing college in London.
Today she sits in a wheelchair completely dependant on her carers and unable to even feed herself.
At just 32 years old, Lindsay was struck down with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Twelve months later, after beginning to get her head around the diagnosis,
Lindsay, who dreamed of being a professional dancer, was told she had primary-progressive MS – the most aggressive form of the condition.
The second sickening blow meant within two years she was confined to a wheelchair, unable to even complete the most simple of tasks without help.
92-year-old waited 38 hours for medical help for her gashed leg
Despite repeated calls for help from her carers and family
Published on Saturday 28 April 2012 06:00
A FRAIL 92-year-old woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease had to wait 38 hours for medical assistance after she was left with blood pouring from a gashed leg.
Despite repeated calls for help from her carers and family, Irene Roden was left alone by emergency services, who said her injury was not a high priority.
Now health officials are investigating why nurses using a call-out system for the elderly took so long to respond to Mrs Roden’s injury.
