Seanad debates

Wednesday, 16 April 2003

Cancer Treatment Services: Statements (Resumed).

 

Early detection is also an element on which we can do something. There is no information needed. As Senator Brian Hayes said, if we can encourage people to be seen early, they can get treatment and can do something about it. I met somebody this morning who told me her brother had just been diagnosed with cancer. She said that he was fortunate to have the money to go to the Blackrock Clinic to get a PET scan because if he had not the money he would not have got it. I do not know how true that is, but she was convinced that he was fortunate to be able to afford it. What sort of nation is this if survival depends on whether someone can afford to get treatment?

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