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15/04/2008
Donegal Cancer Patients For Altnagelvin?
Seriously ill Donegal people may soon be able to avail of the latest hi-tech care across the border in Northern Ireland.
Inishowen cancer patients could soon be availing of radiation services at Derry's Altnagelvin Hospital.
The news emerged this week following a cross-border cancer care group's meeting with Northern Ireland's Health Minister Michael McGimpsey.
He met members of Co-operating for Cancer Care North West and said that plans are already well underway in to provide additional radiation capacity and initial assessment suggests strongly that Altnagelvin Hospital is the most favoured option - and the plans take into account the population on both sides of the border.
The members of Co-operating for Cancer Care North West were at Stormont on Monday afternoon.
Members of the organisation, which represents cancer patients from Donegal, Derry and Tyrone, spent just under 40 minutes with the Minister and his advisors, during which time they discussed what spokesperson Noelle Duddy termed "our wish list."
She said the group explained that their primary goal is the provision of a cross border satellite radiation unit for the north west region - at either Letterkenny General Hospital or Altnagelvin Hospital - and told the Minister it was essential that both governments reach an agreed decision as a matter of urgency.
"When a decision is reached, it must be supported by all, because cancer patients need treatment immediately and can't afford to have treatment hijacked by politicial considerations," Noelle emphasised.
(BMcC)
Inishowen cancer patients could soon be availing of radiation services at Derry's Altnagelvin Hospital.
The news emerged this week following a cross-border cancer care group's meeting with Northern Ireland's Health Minister Michael McGimpsey.
He met members of Co-operating for Cancer Care North West and said that plans are already well underway in to provide additional radiation capacity and initial assessment suggests strongly that Altnagelvin Hospital is the most favoured option - and the plans take into account the population on both sides of the border.
The members of Co-operating for Cancer Care North West were at Stormont on Monday afternoon.
Members of the organisation, which represents cancer patients from Donegal, Derry and Tyrone, spent just under 40 minutes with the Minister and his advisors, during which time they discussed what spokesperson Noelle Duddy termed "our wish list."
She said the group explained that their primary goal is the provision of a cross border satellite radiation unit for the north west region - at either Letterkenny General Hospital or Altnagelvin Hospital - and told the Minister it was essential that both governments reach an agreed decision as a matter of urgency.
"When a decision is reached, it must be supported by all, because cancer patients need treatment immediately and can't afford to have treatment hijacked by politicial considerations," Noelle emphasised.
(BMcC)
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