Minister Barry Andrews visits Beaumont Hospital
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Barry Andrews, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, visited the Education and Research Centre in Beaumont Hospital to promote awareness of Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic disorder that is passed from parents to their children through their genes.
This condition may result in serious lung and/or liver disease at various ages in life.