Some cancer patients are being threatened with legal action for not being able to pay for their treatment.
Patients without a medical card or health insurance face inpatient charges of up to 800 euro a year.
The HSE refers any unpaid bills to a debt collector after 47 days.
Donal Buggy Head of Services and Strategic Implementation with the Irish Cancer Society is calling on both the HSE and the Government to be more compassionate towards patients:
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