10,000 protest against lack of cancer services in ‘forgotten county’

UP to 10,000 cancer patients, relatives and their friends marched in Co Donegal in protest at the area’s lack of cancer of services, which they blamed on their “geographic and political isolation”.

The mammoth demonstration took place despite bad weather and saw crowds gather at Letterkenny’s town park.

Organised by Donegal Action for Cancer Care (DACC), the rally took place four days before a meeting of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Dublin when it is expected that a decision will be made on whether to retain a temporary breast cancer surgeon at Letterkenny General Hospital.