Pledge given on NI cancer centre

Health Minister Mary Harney has in recent weeks secured a Government pledge to fund a new designated cancer centre north of the border, Irish Medical Times has learned. The Government has made a commitment to support and invest in a cancer centre at Derry’s Altnagelvin Hospital, which would serve the population of Donegal. The HSE has already procured treatments in Belfast City Hospital for some patients from the north west. {openx:269} “A good outcome would be to have a radiation centre in the north west, supported by patients from both sides of the border,” Minister Harney said. Though it has…