"I try to reassure everyone who has been affected by this disease that CF isn't the end of the world if you don't want it to be."
The experience of living with cystic fibrosis is markedly different today than it was decades ago. Thanks to the discovery of the CF gene, the availability of effective drug therapies and advances in technology, the 30,000 Americans who deal with the disease day in and day out are living longer and fuller lives. In a word, they are thriving.
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Podcast 98: Patient Airlift Services - Giving Back to the CF Community with Eileen Minogue

Eileen Minogue, Director of Operations for Patient Airlift Services (PALS), discusses arranging FREE air transportation for patients with in CF in need of medical diagnosis or treatment.

PALS is a nonprofit 501(3)c that is helping the CF community and “changing the world, one flight at a time …”

PALS offers three missions:

  • Financial need must be verified with a social worker.
  • Patient must be ambulatory and medically stable.
  • If individual requires oxygen, it must be FAA approved. PALS does not provide oxygen.
  • PALS can fly to and from more than 5,000 airports.
  • PALS can cover flights in the entire Northeastern United States, and they are linked nationally through the Air Care Alliance Group.

Contact info:
888-818-1231 or 516-300-1660

This “LIVING. BREATHING. SUCCEEDING.” Podcast/Vodcast series is made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

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