Seanad debates
Wednesday, 16 April 2003
Cancer Treatment Services: Statements (Resumed).
The North-Western Health Board region has the services of two oncologists, one in Letterkenny and one in Sligo. I recognise the fact that cancer treatments are better delivered in centres of excellence. Senator Feighan may have been misquoted by my colleague – he actually said in "centres" rather than in "areas". We get the best delivery of such treatment, a fact adverted to by the Minister of State when he said it is not realistic to expect delivery of such a service in 30 acute hospitals. Everybody recognises that.
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