Terminally ill cancer patient to get UCC honorary degree

A terminally ill Irish woman who won the biggest financial settlement for medical negligence ever in the Netherlands after a hospital lost her test results leaving her with incurable cancer is to be conferred with an honorary degree at UCC next Monday.

UCC sociology and philosophy graduate Adrienne Cullen said the parallels between her fate and that of Vicky Phelan are “striking and deeply disturbing”.