'Very emotional and proud': Medical card eligibility for terminally ill patients expanded

John Wall, a terminally ill patient who has been campaigning for over a year for changes to be made to the criteria terminally ill people must meet to obtain a medical card, welcomed the news. Picture: Eamon Ward

Medical card eligibility for terminally ill patients has been expanded, the Minister for Health announced on Tuesday.

Terminally ill people with a 24-month prognosis will now have access to an "end of life" medical card, up from a 12-month prognosis which was previously the case.