Call for Government to help fund centre for cancer patients

A plea is being made to the Government to help a charity take the strain out of hospital visits for outpatients requiring cancer and kidney dialysis treatment.

Since 2005 Brú Columbanus has housed 5,000 families free of charge in a centre close to Cork University Hospital (CUH), so they can be near sick loved ones.

Now the organisation, which was established by the Knights of St Columbanus, wants to open a new centre nearby which will cater for patients who spend much of their day travelling to and from the hospital, especially for chemotherapy, radiotherapy and dialysis.