FREE testing for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is coming to Limerick.
Latest figures show that between 2020 and 2022, there were 1,145 hospital admissions of people from Limerick due to COPD.
It is estimated that there are 380,000 people living with COPD in Ireland, yet only 110,000 people are thought to have had a formal diagnosis.
COPD Support Ireland will visit the Crescent Shopping Centre on the morning of November 19 to offer free simple and painless spirometry testing.
The test will be performed by a respiratory physiologist, with a specialist healthcare professional on hand to provide health information and advise people on next steps.
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Anyone with symptoms of breathlessness and ongoing cough is recommended to be tested.
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