HSE ‘must boost resources’ to fight TB

RESPIRATORY healthcare professionals have called for an urgent review of national TB services following an outbreak of the disease in Cork.

The Irish Thoracic Society (ITS), which represents respiratory consultants, said it was time the Health Service Executive (HSE) invested in boosting resources to tackle TB at a time when 19 cases have been diagnosed in two Cork creches.

ITS president Dr JJ Gilmartin said: “The society is calling for the provision of the necessary resources to ensure that, what is essentially a preventable disease, is adequately controlled.