A mother is having to “beg” strangers to help pay for potentially life-changing treatment in Mexico - despite it being approved for use on Scotland’s NHS three years ago.
Jade Taylor was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis in February last year. Since then she has gone from being a busy working mother, who spent several nights a week at the gym and enjoyed 17-mile bike rides, to relying on her children, Kaiden, 10 and Jiah, seven, to help care for her.
The type of MS she has is so aggressive the 38-year-old beautician now struggles with daily tasks, is in constant pain and relies on a walking aid to get about. Her only hope of halting the progression is ground-breaking stem cell therapy, which was approved for use by Holyrood in 2019.
