Calls for improvements to cancer services in south-east

CANCER sufferers in the south-east continue to be treated as second class citizens, local activists say.

Proper transport facilities must be provided now for those who have to travel to Dublin and Cork for radiotherapy, campaigners say.

Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney will come under further pressure to deliver a better service for sufferers in the south-east when she arrives in Waterford on Monday for the official launch of the South-East Radiotherapy Trust (SERT).