Cancer trust expands in aid of Kilkenny

A TRUST which is helping countless cancer sufferers across Waterford travel to Dublin or Cork for their radiotherapy treatment in greater comfort is to expand its fundraising activities into Kilkenny next week.

Employees of Waterford’s Bausch & Lomb pledged more than €63,000 to buy an ambulance to alleviate hardship of local cancer patients who have to travel to Dublin or Cork for radiotherapy in April.

Now the South East Radiotherapy Trust (SERT) will launch a similar campaign in Kilkenny next week, which it hopes will be just as well supported by the general public and corporate groups.