Ruadhan Hennessy with his family Siobhan, Cian and Emma. Photo by Helen Vermeulen
THE Tralee man who suffered burns from a fire at his home in Canada is overwhelmed with the support he has received over the past few days, with people from home and all over the world contributing almost $7,500 towards his medical bills.
Ruadhan Hennessy, a former resident of Gallowsfield and Blennerville, has been living and working in Canada for the past two years. He was injured while trying to put out a chip pan fire and suffered second and third degree burns to his legs, chest and neck (see previous story here).
Due to a delay in processing his work permit, Ruadhan wasn’t covered for health insurance and so faced crippling medical bills.
A friend of the family set up a gofundme.com account on Wednesday with a target of $7,000 to covers some of the medical costs. By Saturday they had reached that target and by Sunday morning it was up to almost $7,500.
The family posted the following message on the gofundme.com page;
“We are beyond overwhelmed by all the love and support. We could not imagine raising our goal as we are so beyond grateful and humbled for receiving this amazing gift.
Realistically we can expect this to cost well over $15,000 ….every trip to the burn unit costs $763.00 and it feels like we have a new total daily!
We are doing our best to focus on Ru getting better and we can’t express our gratitude to all of you. We are so incredibly thankful for everyone’s support through this difficult time. Love Siobhan , Ru , Emma and Cian xxx”
Get well soon Ru.
If you would like to donate please visit the page here.
