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Father of Co Down girl 'saved by medical cannabis' launches health clinic to help others

The father of a Co Down girl who was "saved by medical cannabis" has launched a new health centre in the hope of helping others who feel they have nowhere else to turn.

Jorja Emerson was born in 2016 with a rare chromosome abnormality that caused a number of side effects, including an aggressive form of epilepsy that would cause her to have 30 or more seizures a day.

Her father, Robin Emerson, said that her condition had deteriorated to such a degree that she ended up in intensive care twice, with him claiming he was told on her final visit to "take her home and let her die".

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