Scrap inpatient charges for cancer patients, Government urged

The Irish Cancer Society has urged the Government to remove inpatient charges for cancer sufferers, warning the cost of treatment is placing a huge financial burden on patients.

“We need action on this in the next couple of weeks, parents and families can’t be asked to sustain these costs for another year,” Rachel Morrogh, the organisation’s Director of Advocacy, argued.One such patient is Linda Bowdler who was forced to retire from her job this summer because of her stage 4 cancer diagnosis.

“I finished work near the end of July and I still haven’t had any social welfare payment,” she explained to“I’ve applied for a medical card. It hasn’t come through. I haven’t heard from them. So we are waiting for all these things to come and apparently it takes 12 - 20 weeks to receive the invalidity pension.”

“I say this a lot, cancer doesn’t knock on your door three years before you’re diagnosed and say, ‘Listen, start saving now, we’re coming for you in two years and this is when your whole life is completely turned upside down.’Pictured is the Social Welfare Office. Photo: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland“My eight-year-old daughter wants to go to gymnastics and it’s180 that you have to pay for the term and I have to say ‘no’ to her,” she said - her voice filled with emotion.

Not many people can afford five children in any event, personal responsibility needs to be exercised

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