No plans for sexual assault treatment unit

VICTIMS of sexual assault in Kerry will still have to travel outside the county — to Waterford in some cases — for examinations and treatment.

And, yesterday, the HSE confirmed it has no plans to reopen a pilot sexual assault treatment unit (SATU) in Kerry General Hospital in Tralee.

Since the unit closed in 2004, victims have had to travel to Cork’s South Infirmary, and on some occasions, to Waterford.