About us
The Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association is a
voluntary patient and family support group.
Its membership includes heart, lung(s) and heart and
lung transplant recipients and their families.
The association began providing support for patients soon after the first heart transplant operation in Ireland was successfully completed in the Mater Hospital in 1985.
As life saving transplant activity increased, the
association began growing year by year.The association
was renamed and formally relaunched under its
present name in November 1998 by our patron,
President Mary McAleese.
The first lung transplant took place in the Mater
Hospital in May 2005. It is hoped that in the foreseeable
future, the Irish Lung Transplant Programme currently
based inThe Freeman Hospital,Newcastle, England,will
be fully repatriated.
The National Heart and Lung Transplant unit in the Mater has been fully operational for some time, offering pre-assessment and post-operative care to existing recipients and potential transplant patients.
The Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association is recognised by the Department of Health and Children.
- It is a member of the Irish Donor Network and is affiliated to the European Heart & Lung Transplant Federation.
- We also work with the Irish Heart Foundation on matters of mutual interest, and
- we are certified by the Revenue Commissioners as charity NO CHY 13628.
As transplant recipients,we are uniquely placed to offer help and encouragement to anyone who needs to contact us.We have been through it all before, and our advice and support is only a phone call away!
You can find our contact details, including email, postal address, fax and telephone numbers on the contacts page.
Affiliations
The association is represented on the management committee of The European Heart Transplant Federation - www.ehtf.info
Our association is a partner in the Irish Donor Network, a group representing every transplant group and interest in Ireland
- The Irish Heart Foundation/Cardiomyopathy support group
- Social Work Department - Mater Hospital
