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26/10/2007
Sligo Protests Loss Of Cancer Care Facility
The proposed withdrawal of cancer care treatment facilities from Sligo General Hospital has been branded "a disgrace".
A local councillor has slammed the plans to withdraw cancer treatment and has urged local people to "stand up and be counted" to protect the services.
Cllr Paddy Conmy of Fine Gael said: "This would all be sorted if the TDs in the west of Ireland would stand up and say 'we can't support this'," Cllr Conmy said, adding that the Government must listen to the protesters.
Thousands of people have already made their voices heard by attending a rally to protest at the downgrading of cancer care services at Sligo General Hospital.
In the face of a second protest being planned – this time for Dublin - a spokesman for local Fianna Fáil TD Dr Jimmy Devins said the Minster was "working hard to stress the case for keeping all cancer services in Sligo".
Dr Devins, who is Minister of State with responsibility for Disability and Mental Health, is meeting the national director of hospitals, Dr John O'Brien, next week.
Meanwhile, consultant Tim O'Hanrahan warned that the Health Service Excecutive's plan might put people off having treatment.
He said the move would have implications not just for those with cancer but for the thousands who would now face an extra 160-mile trip from Galway to Sligo to get a diagnosis.
(BMcC)
A local councillor has slammed the plans to withdraw cancer treatment and has urged local people to "stand up and be counted" to protect the services.
Cllr Paddy Conmy of Fine Gael said: "This would all be sorted if the TDs in the west of Ireland would stand up and say 'we can't support this'," Cllr Conmy said, adding that the Government must listen to the protesters.
Thousands of people have already made their voices heard by attending a rally to protest at the downgrading of cancer care services at Sligo General Hospital.
In the face of a second protest being planned – this time for Dublin - a spokesman for local Fianna Fáil TD Dr Jimmy Devins said the Minster was "working hard to stress the case for keeping all cancer services in Sligo".
Dr Devins, who is Minister of State with responsibility for Disability and Mental Health, is meeting the national director of hospitals, Dr John O'Brien, next week.
Meanwhile, consultant Tim O'Hanrahan warned that the Health Service Excecutive's plan might put people off having treatment.
He said the move would have implications not just for those with cancer but for the thousands who would now face an extra 160-mile trip from Galway to Sligo to get a diagnosis.
(BMcC)
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