Trust row puts Megan’s care in US under threat

THE treatment of a Cork toddler undergoing lifesaving chemotherapy for a rare brain tumour in New York could be jeopardised if her family’s living expenses are not met and they become a financial burden on the US.

The parents of three-and-a-half-year-old Megan Malone, from Kilnamartyra in Co Cork, have claimed they have not been reimbursed for living expenses incurred since January even though a trust was established to administer charitable donations for this purpose.

As Megan prepares to commence her most severe round of chemotherapy treatment yet at New York’s Presbyterian Hospital, her parent’s John and Sheila have been told her treatment could be stopped and she and her family sent home to Ireland if they become a financial burden on the US. The family are not entitled to work while in the US.