Doctors want action on aid for child abuse victims

FORTY-SIX children alleging sexual abuse have been examined this year by forensic specialists providing a voluntary out-of-hours services for the mid-western region alone.

This amounts to almost one child a week.

Now, however, Dr Joanne Nelson and Dr Roger Derham say they have been forced to withdraw their services in a last-ditch effort to force the HSE West to provide an adequate and sustainable service.