Construction of €15m cancer unit to start in 2008

WORK ON a new €15 million cancer services unit to cater for the south-east is expected to start at Waterford Regional Hospital next year, with a €10.5m expansion of the emergency department also due to get under way.

Responding to recent criticisms of the delay in providing cancer services in Waterford, hospital group network manager Richard Dooley has said that the unit is being “fast-tracked” as part of the HSE’s 2007-2011 rolling capital plan.

A design team of architects and engineers, in consultation with medical cancer treatment experts, is due to work on the project later this year, with construction set to start in 2008.