Plea to extend cancer care review

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has been urged to extend a review of breast cancer services in the West and North West to all types of the disease due to “serious concerns” of chronic cutbacks putting patients at risk.

The Irish Cancer Society issued the call after consultant urologist Dr Kevin Moran quit his general surgeon post at Letterkenny General Hospital after 24 years, as he no longer believes services can meet demand.

Dr Moran said he decided to take the controversial stand as he “did not have the resources to take care of my patients any more”.