Volunteer transport service for cancer patients logs 250 trips

Not even a year has passed since it first went on the road, but a special transport service for cancer patients in West Cork has already logged 250 round trips with 160 passengers driven by some 120 volunteer drivers.

Cancer Connect, which runs a transport service to Cork city hospitals from West Cork for people availing of radiotherapy, chemotherapy or any cancer treatment, is used by people from all walks of life.

Patients have been provided with free transport by a fleet of volunteer drivers, backed up by two eight-seater vehicles, since the service went on the road last April.