REGARDING your recent stories about Kathleen Devonport of Chilton, who has been denied the drug treatment she needs for her cancer and also people who have Alzheimer's who are denied the drug that would help them.
Where on earth has this country gone? People who have worked in this country, paid into the NHS, and then when needed there is no money for them.
If these people were asylum seekers coming into this country with Aids, TB or some other disease they would be given treatment immediately. The cost alone of one person treated with Aids for one year, I believe, is £12,000, but when it comes to our own people there is no money.
We are one of the richest countries in the world, so where is the money going? Answer, the EU and last year Tony Blair agreed to give more money. Until we come out of Europe nothing will improve in this country.
A Parkin, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham.
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