The delay in appointing a project design team to construct a purpose Model 4 hospital for cancer treatment in the west is costing lives.
That's the view of Professor Michael Kerin, Director of the Saolta-University of Galway Cancer Network - who says such a centre was promised under the National Development Plan for 2021 to 2030, but is currently stalled.
The west and north-west of Ireland have the highest incidence and mortality rates of cancer in the country.
Professor Kerin says, once again, central government is ignoring the west - and it's costing lives.
