Thousands protest lack of cancer treatment facilities

THOUSANDS of people took to the streets in Waterford City on Saturday demanding the Government build a radiotherapy unit in the south east.

Dr Jerry Cowley of the Cancer Care Alliance said around 20,000 gathered to protest at the fact patients must travel to Dublin to receive some specialised treatment.

“This is about lives. People were turning out for their families. There are people there who had cancer. It is a powerful statement of the people of the south east,” the Independent TD said.