President Patrick Hillery opened a specialised cancer unit at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin today. The unit will diagnose and treat all types of cancer as well as provide counselling for patients and families.
Report shows the Mater Hospital.
80829 magnetic scanner in operation on a patient.
Interview with Dr Joe Ennis, Radiologist, who says that early diagnosis can lead to more effective therapy.
Woman looking at a computer image of a skull.
Interview with nurses, Paula Lonergan and Aine Hulbert, on the benefits of the unit for patients and their relatives.
Back view of patient in the special unit.
The reporter is George Devlin.