The same greed and same terrifying darkness

IN his letter to the Minister for Health published in the Irish Examiner (November 21), the remaining oncologist in the south and south-west, Dr Seamus O’Reilly, berated conditions for cancer patients in the region.

Wed, 07 Dec, 2005 - 00:00

He spoke of patients left in agony and untreated because of lack of facilities.

What he was describing was the faceless terror of cancer and dealing with it in a hopeless and isolated situation.

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