Remember Susie Long - Ahern could cure the health crisis

IT IS unimaginable that in Ireland a mother of two might die at 41 because of she did not have private healthcare insurance, yet that is what happened to Susie Long, who was buried yesterday.

Ms Long died last Friday. She had bowel cancer.

She came to prominence when she pointed out she had to wait a vital seven months for a colonoscopy while, at the same time and at the same health facility, a private patient had one within days of meeting his GP.