Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

They can be referred and booked in through Mayo General Hospital. They can even use the same phone number to get that service. Only when all this is in place and when Professor Keane is in a position to stand over that service can anything be transferred from Mayo General Hospital. This is the commitment that the Taoiseach and the Minister have given in the House. All follow-up activity will take place in Mayo General Hospital. There is a proposal to enhance the oncology unit in Mayo General Hospital. Space has already been identified and work on the proposal is ongoing. This will enhance the service of chemotherapy at Mayo General Hospital. It will be centrally planned but locally delivered. It will be a consultant-led service. The proposal to develop the service in Mayo General Hospital over time will result in greater medical oncology presence on site at the hospital than currently exists. Follow-up mammograms will take place in Mayo General Hospital and all equipment for which funds were raised locally will be retained in the hospital.

I met a number of women on the protest a number of weeks ago when BreastCheck was launched and they raised valid concerns with me. What happens when a woman's temperature increases and she develops a fever after chemotherapy?

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