Health board furious at being passed over for cancer facilities

A HEALTH board that is furious it was passed over for long-awaited cancer facilities is to meet today to discuss its next move.

The South Eastern Health Board is bitterly disappointed that much-needed radiotherapy services planned for Waterford Regional Hospital were not recommended by experts who drafted the report.

It means that cancer sufferers from across the south-east have to travel either to Dublin or Cork for the therapy they need.