I Was Refused Life-Saving Drugs - Because Doctor Said They Cost Too Much; Fury at Snub for Dying Woman

Evening Times › September 07, 2004

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A MUM with only months to live was told by her GP she could not get vital medication because it cost too much.

Veronica Skivington, 40, was given two months to live after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease six weeks ago at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow.

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I Was Refused Life-Saving Drugs - Because Doctor Said They Cost Too Much; Fury at Snub for Dying Woman

At the hospital, the frail mother-of-four from Croftfoot was prescribed the drug Riluzole which reduced her suffering, enabled her to eat and drink and prevented the shaking spasms that continually...

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