'One in ten children denied correct asthma drug due to price’ – survey

The Asthma Society of Ireland survey suggests that some 41% of children with asthma missed at least one week of school in the last year because of asthma. Stock picture: PA

One in 10 children with asthma did not have the right medication in the past three months as their parents could not afford expensive inhalers, a new survey has revealed.

In the last year, over a third of children with asthma were hospitalised, with 14% in hospital more than twice, according to the Asthma Society of Ireland survey of parents. Some 41% of children missed at least one full week of school in the last year because of asthma.