HSE to pay Vicky Phelan’s €150k annual bill

The HSE has agreed to pay the €150,000 a year bill for Vicky Phelan’s cancer drug treatment after a national outcry over what happened to her and direct intervention by her local TD.

Ms Phelan confirmed the change of heart yesterday, saying the move is “either good sense or else they’re just running terrified and running for the hills” over the issue.

In an interview with RTE Radio’s The Ray D’Arcy Show in which she said “I will not let the country down” and repeated her call for a full inquiry, Ms Phelan said the HSE has agreed to pay for her medication.