Cancer diagnosis - Scandalous 25/1 odds for private care

A study undertaken by the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) shows that public patients have to wait up to 25 times as long as private patients for tests to diagnose cancer.

That is disturbing and shocking but not surprising, given the appalling state of our healthcare system.

Those 25/1 odds in favour of people with deeper pockets points to endemic failures not just in our health service but in political governance as a whole.