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9 year old cancer patient refused medical card by HSE

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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Surely she is in Crumlin, so her medical needs are being met to that extent.


  • #3
    yipeeeee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,605 ✭✭✭yipeeeee


    And then we have huge numbers who hold medical cards but don't need them and can most definitely afford not to have them.

    Or hold them for their daily fix of methodone or whatever else their addicted to.

    It's wrong on so many levels.


  • #4
    BoJack Horseman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,248 ✭✭✭✭BoJack Horseman


    This child did receive a medical card in the end

    She was entitled to one, but bureaucracy f*cks up from time to time.


  • #5
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    BoJack Horseman wrote: »
    This child did receive a medical card in the end

    She was entitled to one, but bureaucracy f*cks up from time to time.

    According to the linked story the heartless bastards rejected the mother's application yet again! I really wish more in the political scene and public service who adjudicate on these cases were to have first hand knowledge of the pain and heartache people endure on a daily basis because of their poor decisions!


  • #6
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    According to the linked story the heartless bastards rejected the mother's application yet again! I really wish more in the political scene and public service who adjudicate on these cases were to have first hand knowledge of the pain and heartache people endure on a daily basis because of their poor decisions!

    I'm sure they do feel for them , but it's the penny pinching bureaucrats that feck everything up.


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  • #7
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    I'm sure they do feel for them , but it's the penny pinching bureaucrats that feck everything up.

    It is them who I want to feel the worst of the pain they are causing!


  • #8
    Dolbert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,154 ✭✭✭Dolbert


    BoJack Horseman wrote: »
    This child did receive a medical card in the end

    No she didn't, her appeal was rejected by the HSE.


  • #9
    FalconGirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭FalconGirl


    Common sense must prevail in these rare situations and the girl should be given a card. Evidently the beurocratic HSE lacks common sense as we all know.


  • #10
    lods
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 569 ✭✭✭lods


    Dennis Strong Pillow wrote: »
    Surely she is in Crumlin, so her medical needs are being met to that extent.

    You don't stay in Crumlin full time during treatment . There's 3 weeks between chemo if your having in intravenously . A lot of kids get it on the day ward & then go home. There's about 160 kids on the books for 20 beds in the Oncology ward. So drugs , doctors , wigs and any medical aids are up to the parents to pay. Some covered under DPDS , some not. All covered if you have a medical card, but only for the duration of treatment . if extra treatment is needed then the child must reapply. There isn't the room to treat all kids in Crumlin as its has to take kids from the whole country.


  • #11
    goose2005
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    yipeeeee wrote: »
    And then we have huge numbers who hold medical cards but don't need them and can most definitely afford not to have them.

    Or hold them for their daily fix of methodone or whatever else their addicted to.

    It's wrong on so many levels.
    If they don't need their cards then presumably they aren't costing the scheme much. And the methadone scheme is not paid for by the medical card, it's budgeted separately. Moreover, it's a dangerous area to get into treating disease based on how 'worthy' the sick are


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  • #12
    yipeeeee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,605 ✭✭✭yipeeeee


    goose2005 wrote: »
    If they don't need their cards then presumably they aren't costing the scheme much. And the methadone scheme is not paid for by the medical card, it's budgeted separately. Moreover, it's a dangerous area to get into treating disease based on how 'worthy' the sick are

    When I say need i mean they can afford to pay their own medical bills.


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