Cancer screening - Harney’s healthcare failure

THE astonishing revelation that a woman, who had undergone surgery for ovarian cancer, has been given a breast check appointment for 11.33am on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, is absolutely outrageous.

What an appalling way to treat any woman, especially someone with a history of cancer.

More than words can tell, this frightening scenario reflects the unacceptable face of a health service in which thousands of women are being denied early breast check screening because this Government has fallen years behind in rolling out the scheme in large parts of the country.