Letter exposes chronic state of cancer services

THIS is the damning letter sent by a leading consultant to Tánaiste Mary Harney and leaked to the Irish Examiner which exposes the chronic state of cancer services in the south of the country.

Frustrated and angered by the underfunding of specialist services, which has led to the resignation of three consultants this year alone, Dr Seamus O’Reilly outlines how efforts to highlight the seriousness of the situation have been ignored for years.

In the letter, which was also sent to Health Service Executive chief executive Professor Brendan Drumm, Dr O’Reilly said: