I refer to the article ‘Inhumane wait for vital MS medicine’, (The Sunday Times of Malta, August 7).
The article highlighted Sandra Apap’s inhumane wait for her multiple sclerosis medication. I too am a MS sufferer and I too have been waiting in vain for the government to include the pill Fampyra in its formulary, in spite of it having been recommended by my neurologist.
My Fampyra costs me €471 every three weeks and had it not been for the Malta Community Chest Fund it would have been unaffordable to me, a pensioner. The MCCF is assisting some 17 other MS suffers with their medication. So thank God for the MCCF and the generosity of those attending the fundraising functions it organises.
The government should realise that elections are held periodically. Need I write more?