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New Podcast ‘Haemochromatosis – Let’s Iron it Out’ from Jessica Byrne

Third year General Nursing student, Jessica Byrne, has released a new podcast ‘Haemochromatosis – Let’s Iron it Out’ in collaboration with the Irish Haemochromatosis Association.

Jessica hopes to raise awareness and provide easy to access information about Haemochromatosis through the podcast.

Episodes will be released on a weekly basis featuring guest interviews with healthcare professionals, advocates and those living with Haemochromatosis. Thank you to everyone who gave of their time to do an interview with Jessica. We are so grateful to all the patient, medical experts, nurses and health professionals and dieticians who were happy to be interviewed for this podcast to spread awareness and interest in haemochromatosis. We are sincerely grateful!

Have a listen to the podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4POoEqEt13YnJV8Ps8DGRU

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