No CF unit 10 years after patient photo

A WOMAN with cystic fibrosis (CF) was asked to pose for a photograph 10 years ago at a site earmarked for new treatment facilities which have yet to be developed.

Maria Carberry was attending St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH) for a check-up when a PR company asked her to pose at the proposed location for a new dedicated CF unit. A decade later, the unit has yet to be built.

Maria, known as Ria, was a caller to RTÉ’s Liveline programme yesterday where controversy over the lack of dedicated facilities for people with the life-threatening disease has played out over the past number of days.