MS sufferers denied ‘miracle’ drug over cutbacks

PATIENTS with multiple sclerosis are unable to get a miracle drug that slows the progression of the disease because of health service cutbacks, MS Ireland has claimed.

And some patients with MS cannot be discharged from hospital because approved care packages have not been provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE).

MS Ireland chief executive Anne Winslow said MS patients were also suffering in their own homes because the cutbacks have resulted in a lack of nurses and personal care provision.