Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2018
Cystic fibrosis patient backs campaign to make medicines available on NHS
10 June 2018 - A cystic fibrosis patient is calling for a medicine to be made available on the NHS as she fears she may otherwise have to leave her island home.
Hannah McDiarmid, 23, who lives on Skye, currently has to make a three-hour each way trip to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness every other month for treatment.
When she develops an infection, a frequent hazard for those with cystic fibrosis, she stays there as an inpatient for a fortnight at a time while she undergoes intensive IV antibiotic treatment.
