Campaigners back hospital cancer care plan

RADIOTHERAPY campaigners have given a strong endorsement of a new public-private proposal to provide cancer care to patients on the grounds of Waterford Regional Hospital.

Campaigners back hospital cancer care plan

Cancer Care Alliance said the proposal by the medical board of the hospital to provide an independently funded wing at the hospital with a dedicated cancer centre “could meet the criteria” for an equitable cancer service for both public and private patients.

The proposal for the 85 to 100-bed facility was put forward by delegates from the hospital’s medical board at a recent meeting with Health Minister Mary Harney.

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