‘Dad died six months after being diagnosed with MND, but Marie Curie helped him so much'
Ahead of Father's Day, a Co Down woman opens up about her family's heartbreak after losing her dad to motor neurone disease
Ahead of Global MND Awareness Day on June 21, Jacqueline King, from Ballywalter, is raising awareness of the disease and the work of Marie Curie, who cared for her dad, Hubert McConnell, before his death in 2017.
Almost eight years on, she says her family 'didn't know enough' about MND but that the kindness of the staff at the Marie Curie Hospice in Belfast was a comfort to her dad and the whole family at a very difficult time.
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