asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients (a) seen and (b) treated in the specialist cancer hospitals during 1959.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Treatment in Specialist Cancer Hospitals.
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The statistics of admissions to hospitals or attendances at out-patient departments do not distinguish in all cases between patients who receive treatment and those who receive only diagnostic attention. The number of patients admitted to cancer hospitals during the year 1959 was 5,072 and the number of attendances at out-patient departments and clinics conducted by those hospitals was 23,505.