Improvements in cystic fibrosis treatment ‘frightfully slow’

PROGRESS being made to improve treatment facilities for about 1,200 people in Ireland with cystic fibrosis (CF) was described as “frightfully slow” by a leading campaign group.

“We have to ensure that with all the various cutbacks being made in the health service nothing affects the roll-out of CF services that are desperately needed,” said the chief executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland (CFAI), Godfrey Fletcher.

Just over 10 years ago a young woman with CF was asked to pose for a photograph at a site in Dublin earmarked for new treatment facilities yet to be developed.