cancer feels she has shortened her life by returning home to Ireland due to a cyber attack on the healthcare system in the country.Meabh Feerick, 25, had been living in Australia for the past four and a half years when she was diagnosed with an aggressive genetic melanoma in 2020.She was given “top tier” treatment while in Australia but her care back in Ireland has been met with numerous difficulties and delays in getting the treatment she needs.Maebh, from County Mayo, brought all her cancer treatment scans on a USB stick but doctors here were unable to access the device due to the impact of the cyberattack on HSE, Ireland's health service, systems for months.Despite having all the data, this meant her scans were “useless” as they could.
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