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Callers angry over cost cutting

by isleofman.com 5th December 2007
There has been a huge public reaction to changes made to patient escort criteria by the DHSS.

Health Minister Eddie Teare was accused of 'hard-faced accountancy' over the issue, during yesterday's sitting of the House of Keys.

He said there was anecdotal evidence that people were abusing the system by, for example, asking for flight times to fit in with shopping trips.

However, today's Talking Heads programme was inundated with calls and texts.

This woman said she wanted to support her mother when she went to the United Kingdom for cancer treatment, but no help was offered:
Posted by isleofman.com
Wednesday 5th, December 2007 06:39pm.

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