The mother of a child cancer patient says families are finding it increasingly difficult to access treatment as a result of the cost of living crisis.
Her experience ties in with reports from the Irish Cancer Society, who have witnessed a shocking 60 per cent increase in families applying for their children’s fund, a once off €3000 donation given to families struggling with childhood cancer. Pamela Lee spoke on RTE’s Morning Ireland about her 7-year-old son Caleb, who was diagnosed with leukaemia last year.
The cost of living crisis has made taking her son to appointments at Crumlin Children’s Hospital increasingly difficult, especially as Caleb will need to require regular treatment in the hospital until April 2025.
