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Better access to cancer treatments for private patients

A hospital consultant says he is having to offer his public cancer patients a treatment he knows ...

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07.30 8 Mar 2024


Better access to cancer treatments for private patients


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07.30 8 Mar 2024


A hospital consultant says he is having to offer his public cancer patients a treatment he knows is just the second best available even though a better alternative is available to private patients in Ireland. 

Speaking to Ciara was Michael McCarthy, consultant medical oncologist at University Hospital Galway.


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