£30,000 surgery halts drug-induced gambling habit - Carlisle News & Star 3rd April 2008

A WORKINGTON man who ‘blew’ between £7,000-£10,000 in a year on gaming machines has finally regained control of his life - but only after radical brain surgery which cost the NHS £30,000. Father-of-two Raymond Mandale, 58, of Hunter Street, developed a compulsive gambling habit as a side effect of drug treatment, given to mitigate some effects of Parkinson’s Disease.

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