Vicky Phelan became the national voice for the more than 200 women affected by the Cervical Check screening controversy
With those words, outside the High Court in April 2018,
In waiving her anonymity, the Limerick woman became a founding member of the 221+ CervicalCheck Patient Support Group. She campaigned for better healthcare for women; for a full investigation into what happened at CervicalCheck; for sanctions against non-disclosure; for access to the drug Pembrolizumab to treat cervical cancer and most recently, for the Dying with Dignity Bill.
She spent months in the United States last year having treatment but returned home to start palliative chemotherapy, after a scan showed her to have several new tumours. "I would like to thank all of you for keeping me going over the last few weeks when coming home seemed so far away at times". Writing on Facebook she said she needed to focus on spending time with her family and friends as unfortunately her condition had become unpredictable and was impacting more and more on her everyday life.
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