Galway Advertiser 2000/2000_05_11/GA_11052000_E1_016.pdf 

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Ireland's
m o s t popular appliances!!

^ohcTior for hostol f o r
by Mary O'Connor
A L O C A L politician is calling for hostel-type accommodation to be provided for people w h o travel long distances for courses of t r e a t m e n t at University College Hospital Galway.
Senator said the Margaret C o x stay i n g u e s t h o u s e a c c o m modation if they living recent This to the do not Her comments came in health authority com the w a k e o f the of a report presentation

serves a large munity

island

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locally, health espe near

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as w e l l as

mainland

port Dr

services in

patients, m a n y o f w h o m live long distances from their

board cially future

meeting. applies when

M a r y H y n e s , the

WHB's

director of public It

health.

treatment Cancer these

centres. patients w h o from receive to or ses peri

radiotherapy in Galway will be

r e c o m m e n d s that psy s u p p o r t s h o u l d be

will be available and more

chosocial

areas

patients for

a n i n t e g r a l p a r t o f t h e serv ices d e v e l o p e d in regional many

chemotherapy attend U C H G

often have for four

coming

here

treatment,

she e x p l a i n e d . She ment went o n to compli sig made

c a n c e r centres. W h i l e patients

five minute sions daily

treatment over long

c o p e w e l l w i t h their experience problems,

the W H B o n the it has

diagnoses, some psychological

ods of time, she said. P e o p l e s h o u l d n o t h a v e to

nificant strides in c a n c e r care.

s u c h as d e p r e s s i o n a n d anxi ety. Adolescent special too patients while require indicates.

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past

years.

w o u l d l i k e to s e e a c c o m m o dation p r o v i d e d for n e x t o f k i n also to patients facilitate

t h e m v i s i t i n g t h e i r s i c k rela tives.

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