Today on Morning Focus, we heard from a Shannon Mother whose son has experienced extreme delays in receiving his chemotherapy.
Agnes O’Shaughnessy, the mother of a young Shannon boy who has a rare form of cancer has spoken of being terrified after suffering several delays in chemotherapy – one lasting for as long as 11 days. Agnes’s son Alex (10) has rhabdomyosarcoma, and is among a number of families caught up in the nightmare of having chemotherapy sessions cancelled at Crumlin Hospital.
She says Alex has had a cumulative 20 days of delays, and is worried about the impact on her son’s health. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admits this is “terrible” and “wrong” but added “it’s not a good idea” to have children with cancer in a hospital when it is “chock full of children with infections”.
If you missed our interview with Agnes, you can listen back below:
