ITV .....Severe ME patient Karen Gordon wants to be fed at home....hospital refuse

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Woman in Sussex hospital for six months calls for ME treatment at homeMERIDIAN​

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  THE CONQUEST HOSPITAL
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  HASTINGS
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  Tuesday 23 July 2024 at 12:20p

WATCH: Karen Gordon speaks about her uncertain future with the condition

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A woman from Sussex suffering from ME says she fears she will die unless health services do more to help her.
Karen Gordon from Polegate developed the condition after falling ill with a virus when she was 10-years-old.
Unable to bear the light and unable to feed herself, Karen has spent the last six months in the Conquest Hospital in Hastings.
The 37-year-old wants to return home with the same intravenous feeding she's currently receiving in hospital.
Doctors at the Conquest Hospital say that for Karen to return home on Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), she needs first to be assessed by specialists at St Mark's Hospital in London.
Karen's parents, Heather and Michael Gordon, say she's too weak to make the journey.
Heather says: "Karen's view and our view is that they could do it [TPN] remotely by keeping her at the Conquest Hospital, where she is now and St Mark's being in contact with Karen, us and the treating team.
"While the IV feeding is set up, I can be trained on how to put it up safely and use it at home."..............................

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WATCH: Heather Gordon wants remote feeding to be set up at their home for Karen