Clinic gets award for skin cancer initiative

STAFF at a Cork hospital are celebrating a special award for establishing a clinic which rapidly diagnoses and treats potentially malignant skin cancer.

The initiative has been so successful that melanoma diagnosis, at one per 22 patients examined, is far higher than the international average.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern presented representatives of the South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital with a Public Service Excellence Award at a special reception in Dublin Castle last Friday.