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"We won't find a great bulge in cancer deaths because of Covid..."

Almost 150,000 fewer people have attended Ireland’s main cancer screening services in the first...

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16.43 6 Nov 2020


"We won't find a great bulge in cancer deaths because of Covid..."


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16.43 6 Nov 2020


Almost 150,000 fewer people have attended Ireland’s main cancer screening services in the first half of the year.

This is due to a reduction in non-Covid related care; that’s according to the Irish Hospital Consultants Association,

To hear about the impact this is having Kieran was joined on Friday's edition of The Hard SHoulder by Professor John Crown, who is a consultant oncologist at St Vincent's University.


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