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PATIENTS shouldn’t feel the need to request politicians to assist them with medical card applications, according to a local health campaigner. John Wall, a terminally ill prostate cancer patient campaigning for people with a terminal diagnosis to have improved access to medical cards, is working to make it easier for people to access medical cards as part of his role on a new government committee. Mr Wall is a patient advocate on Communications and Information Working Group on Medical Cards, which also includes representatives from the Irish Cancer Society, Irish Hospice Foundation, Age Action Ireland and Citizen’s Information. The Quin resident believes it is vital that clear information is provided to applicants on how to access medical cards. “I am not looking from this group to change the rules that are in place. I am trying to use the rules that are in place to allow people to access services that are in place using medical cards.” Following a meeting …
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