Application for UK Special visa (Attendant for Medical Treatment) twice refused, planning to apply for Third time?

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You have applied for a Standard Visitor Visa on compassionate grounds and have been refused twice. You contemplate a third application. Examining your refusal notices, the bottom line is they will quite probably refuse again.

You plan to include a letter from a doctor. Having a doctor's attestation may address some of the points raised by the ECO (i.e., that your father will need nursing care), was the letter issued by the UK provider? Note that everybody needs nursing care at some point in their treatment, and the NHS (or private facility) has nursing staff for that reason. Is your father receiving adequate nursing care for his treatment? If not, this is something to take up with the provider. Do you have some skill that he cannot obtain locally? You wrote it would cost you £25,000 to go for 6 weeks, would it be cheaper to hire a carer locally rather than flying you to the UK and accommodating you?

Your plan is to present new bank statements that appear something like this...

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This nearly always invites trouble. But more to the point... The ECO explained in both refusals that she was comfortable that your family would take care of you financially during your visit so you are meeting the rules. You're addressing a problem that doesn't exist and in the process creating more problems for yourself. See provenance.

What the ECO was telling you about your bank statements is that (in addition to being erratic) your lifestyle has not stabilized to the point where your cash flows are adequately managed. People who are in and out of debt all the time and have trouble making ends meet do not fit the profile of someone who is an authentic visitor to the UK. So the ECO concluded "...causes me to doubt your true intentions...".

"Funds parking" is a superficial cure (and risky) but does not actually hide the underlying lifestyle that required parked funds in the first instance.

And finally, there's the big-time show-stopper...

...it is not clear why you personally need to accompany him given that you are one of 7 children dependent on your father...

Your brother has on-going commitments in Ireland (which paradoxically would help make him an authentic visitor, it's probably why his applications were successful). Presumably the other siblings have jobs or on-going lives that would be disrupted by a 6 week visit (which, paradoxically would help establish them as genuine visitors), you didn't explain that part in your question. But for whatever reason, your own premise over the 5 remaining siblings was not established. Whenever a single person is selected out of a large family for no apparent reason, there is a gap in the person's premise that makes ECO's uncomfortable. The ECO's discomfort apparently becomes more acute if the applicant is a south Asian female in the marriageable age range, but there's nothing other than empirical evidence and observation supporting this so treat it as obiter dicta only.

The ECO could not use her discretionary latitude for compassionate circumstances because it's limited and there's not enough to cover the shortfalls in your application.

Conclusion. The ECO made a slam dunk. A third application is not recommended at this stage in your life because there are too many significant issues that prevent establishing yourself as a genuine visitor. Also note that if you keep applying again and again, they can eventually raise Paragraph 320 and ban you; you have not reached that threshold yet, but will if you continue to apply without changing your circumstances.

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