Family seek meeting on drug withdrawal death

The family of a Co Tipperary mother who died 12 days ago after a life-saving trial drug was withdrawn is seeking a meeting with Health Minister Minister Simon Harris to get reassurances no other patient would have to face that position.

Marion Kelly, 52, died in University Hospital Limerick, on December 1, lasting just six weeks after a long-running trial of a CSL Behring manufactured drug, Respreeza, ended.

She had been on the drug for 11 years and it was credited with turning her life around.