Father wins battle to keep daughter’s medical card

A father who cycled across the country to protest at the HSE’s decision to remove a discretionary medical card from his daughter has won his battle to keep the vital state support.

Tim O’Brien, from Ballyphehane, Cork City, confirmed the news after conducting a month-long campaign on behalf of his daughter, Lucy.

As first revealed by the Irish Examiner, two-year-old Lucy was given a discretionary medical card when she was born in Oct 2010 due to her serious health conditions.