Some 42 sick children from the south west were today heading to EuroDisney Paris on a trip organisers say is just what the doctor ordered.
Some 42 sick children from the south west were today heading to EuroDisney Paris on a trip organisers say is just what the doctor ordered.
The children from Kerry, Cork city and county and Tipperary, many of whom have spent time in hospital this year, will travel to France for the weekend.
Breda Chandler, chairwoman for the Cork city hospitals children's club, said around 5,000 children are treated each year at Cork University Hospital.
"While their stay is usually relatively short - two-and-a-half-days on average - children are usually only brought to hospital when they are very sick," she said. "Going to EuroDisney is just what the doctor ordered for many of them, especially those who have had a particularly difficult year.
"A trip like this is a real boost for them, a chance to show them that although they've been sick, that they can still have lots of fun."
The money for the break was raised by the children's Club and the Kinsale & District Lion's Club.
This annual EuroDisney trip will include not only sick children from Cork University Hospital, but also from the Cork Association for the Deaf, the Mercy University Hospital and the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital.
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