Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 February 2003

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion.

 

This investment has enabled the funding of 80 additional consultant posts, with support staff, in key areas such as medical oncology, radiology, palliative care, histopathology and haematology. Up to quite recently in many cities outside Dublin there were no oncologists. In the major urban centres there were no oncologists. Senator McCarthy spoke about how the people had to travel from west Cork. There was no oncologist in what was meant to be a super regional hospital, Cork University Hospital, up to two years ago. I was in Waterford last Friday where a third oncologist post will be approved shortly. Up to three years ago there were no oncologists in Waterford. This is all about care for women with breast and other forms of cancer.

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