South Antrim MP, William McCrea has given his backing to a campaign designed to highlight cardiac death in young people. 

Speaking in support of the CRY campaign, Dr. McCrea said he had been “touched and deeply moved” by letters and postcards he received over the devastating condition which claims the lives of around eight young people a week in the UK. 

The DUP politician is hoping to meet the Chief Executive of the CRY campaign in Northern Ireland, Alison Cox, to learn more about the condition and how many deaths could be prevented. 

He said: “The lobby postcards that I have received portray the photographs of eight young people whose lives were tragically cut short by sudden cardiac death.” 

He added: “I hope to raise this matter with my party colleague and DUP health spokesperson, Iris Robinson, to see how a combined effort can be mounted to ensure that this potentially fatal condition is detected at an early age and that tragedy can be averted through early diagnosis and treatment.”