A national conference, organised by the Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association (CMEA), in conjunction with the University's Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, entitled 'Epilepsy? Improving our knowledge' was attended by 200 people last weekend.

The conference was opened by Health Minister Joe Cassar and by Mgr Victor Grech, director, Caritas Malta.

Dr Cassar said statistics showed about 4,000 people in Malta suffered from epilepsy. He said there are still many misconceptions shrouding this disorder.

Speakers included Prof. Brian Neville, a paediatric neurologist with a special interest in epilepsy. He has been a visiting specialist in paediatric neurology in Malta for 15 years and advises several parent support groups.

Rick O'Shea, a radio presenter for Irish broadcasting company RTE, also gave a presentation.

He has had epilepsy for over 20 years and in 2007 became the patron of Brainwave - the Irish Epilepsy Association.

Three local speakers, Caroline Attard, Sr Geswina Mangion and Victoria Dimech, also discussed their personal experience of epilepsy.

The afternoon sessions were dedicated to workshops where the disorder and its implications were discussed further.

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