Bomb Blast Ex-Soldier Begs For £7k To Fund Brain Scan
Sunday People|March 07, 2021
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Bomb Blast Ex-Soldier Begs For £7k To Fund Brain Scan

A WAR veteran who lost a leg in Afghanistan has turned to the public to help raise £7,000 for a brain scan.

Patrick Gallagher, 36, believes he developed a traumatic brain injury (TBI) after being blown up in Helmand province in 2009.

The former Irish Guardsman was diagnosed with PTSD – which has similar symptoms to a TBI – but he cannot get a brain scan on the NHS to confirm his condition because he was never formally diagnosed with a brain injury.

This story is from the March 07, 2021 edition of Sunday People.

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