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"Mr President, today is not just St Valentine’s Day, but also European Epilepsy Day, as St Valentine was reputed to have epilepsy.
The aim of European Epilepsy Day is to explode the myths and remove the stigmas surrounding a condition that six million people suffer from within the European Union. In my own country, Ireland, a small country, 37 000 live with epilepsy every day. This campaign focuses on generating more openness and more knowledge about epilepsy and addressing care issues for people with epilepsy.
At present, there is a huge shortage of consultant neurologists in my country – the worst in the entire European Union – where you have to wait for up to two years to see a consultant. That is appalling. There is a shocking divergence in standards of epilepsy care throughout the European Union.
What we need is research and data: we need an EU-wide data bank where we can actually share best practice and make things better for somebody who is trying to lead a normal life but cannot drive a car, cannot ride a motorcycle and cannot get on with their ordinary life, and yet is perfectly intelligent. Some done, but a lot more to do."@en1
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