FF TDs disagree over cancer care

JUNIOR Health Minister Tim O’Malley said public cancer patients will get treatment at a new private hospital in Waterford despite his boss Micheál Martin saying last week there is no money available for such services.

Mr O’Malley made his claims on foot of a deal which will see cancer patients in his native Limerick get treatment in private facilities from September of next year despite a Government commitment to developing centres of excellence for cancer care exclusively in Galway, Dublin and Cork.

The PD minister said an arrangement has been made between the Mid Western Health Board and a new private radiotherapy hospital in Limerick to provide public patients with cover.