'HSE must stop forcing patients on to social media', says parent with advanced prostate cancer

A father-of-three with advanced prostate cancer who is seeking a 12-month extension to the current year-long terminal illness card has called on the HSE to “stop forcing patients on to social media” as they try to claw back medical cards that have been revoked.

John Wall (48), from Quin, Co Clare, was reacting to a Twitter post by family doctor, Valerie Keating, in which she highlighted the plight of a patient with advanced colon cancer.