CF screening for babies welcomed

AFTER a 15-year campaign, cystic fibrosis (CF) screening is at last to be introduced for the 75,000 babies born in this country every year.

Ireland has one of the highest rates of CF in the world — with a reported birth incidence almost four times the average rate of other European countries and the US.

Doctors have described the screening programme, which will be rolled out this summer, as a “leap forward in the care of Irish people with CF”.