Parent of child transferred to Sweden for emergency RSV treatment calls for stronger virus messaging

File photo of medicine being given to a child with Respiratory Syncytial Virus . Image: Alamy Stock Photo A PARENT HAS whose child was transferred to Sweden due to respiratory syncytial virus has called for “stronger” messaging from the HSE around the virus.

Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Paul Murphy said he first realised there was an issue with his 12-week-old son Liam on Halloween night. After five days in ICU and a period on a ventilator, it was decided that Liam would have to be transferred to Sweden for emergency ECMO treatment that his father Paul described as “very serious, advanced life support”.Liam was flown to Sweden by air ambulance but there was no room for his parents, who had to make their own way to the country.Speaking to RTÉ, Murphy described the virus as a “sticky glue” that wouldn’t allow Liam to breathe.

“I think RSV is something that the general public, and certainly us before this happened, would consider as a common cold,” said Murphy. “The messaging definitely can be stronger, I know there have been some health warnings on it, but in my view, not sufficient,” said Murphy.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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