A Quin man with incurable cancer is hitting out at the HSE over it’s treatment of people with a terminal diagnosis.
John Wall is entitled to a medical card without a means test, after being dignosed with stage four cancer, but despite this his card has been cancelled on two occasions.
In the past, anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness was granted a medical card after 24 hours and this was reviewed after six months, but following a campaign by patient groups, the review was extended to 18 months.
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John’s been posting about his experience on social media and has received thousands of messages of support. He says the whole system is shocking.
