A YOUNG Cork woman with a rare disease who is receiving treatment in the UK was told by her doctor that a drug administered to her during a diagnostic test in Ireland could have caused a stroke.

A young woman with a rare and progressive disease who was refused funding to travel abroad for treatment not available here has launched a public appeal calling on the Government and the HSE to relent.

A young woman with a rare disease, who was refused funding to travel abroad for specialist assessment, has launched an online petition to try and get the HSE to change its mind.

Aimee Foley has lived her life ‘in the loop of medicine’, and is determined the HSE will fund a visit to a specialist in London for a formal diagnoses.