Expert: Reform healthcare or face ‘apocalyptic scenario’

Healthcare in Ireland faces an “apocalyptic scenario” if radical steps are not taken to change it, says cancer expert Dr Tom Keane.

Expert: Reform healthcare or face ‘apocalyptic scenario’

The former head of the National Cancer Control Programme is lead author of a report from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland on the direction healthcare must take in the years ahead.

Prof Keane said healthcare has to change to avoid a complete systems breakdown, but there must be a plan and a body, accountable to the Oireachtas, to oversee its implementation.

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