Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 April 2016
446. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the new follow-up mammography service at Sligo University Hospital; the expected date of the first screening; the way in which the service will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5512/16]
View answerThe contract has been placed for the provision of a follow-up mobile mammography service for women from the Sligo/Leitrim area who have already received treatment for breast cancer. The service will operate periodically from Sligo University Hospital. It will of a comparable standard and quality to that provided in the Symptomatic Breast Disease Unit at Galway University Hospital and it will be linked electronically to the imaging system in that hospital. The date on which the mammography service will commence in Sligo has not yet been finalised.
