Clare Man Living With Stage 4 Cancer Highlights Financial Costs

A cancer diagnosis can bring enormous physical and emotional challenges, but it can also have a major financial impact on patients and their families. New figures from the Irish Cancer Society show that people affected by cancer can lose thousands in income while facing significant additional costs for medical expenses, travel, parking and prescriptions. John Wall from Lahinch is living with stage 4 cancer and is also a patient advocate on the HSE Mid West Programme Improvement Board. John Wall joined Alan Morrissey on Thursday's Morning Focus to talk about the real cost of cancer and the supports that patients and families need. Image (c) Health Care Cost statistics by bernie_photo from Getty Images Signature via Canva.