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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
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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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