Girl with cancer denied medical card

A woman who quit her job to help her nine-year-old daughter battle cancer has claimed that the HSE is still failing vulnerable patients after their medical card request was turned down.

Mother-of-four Angela O Connor made the allegation a day after her daughter Lucy was told the HSE cannot provide the support because her family falls outside the income threshold for the aid.

Speaking on RTÉ radio, the Kildare woman said she brought Lucy to her GP after she complained of a stomach ache last September.