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Galway cancer sufferers participate in groundbreaking clinical trial
Galway Bay fm newsroom – There’s fresh hope for hundreds of Irish patients suffering with advanced skin cancer.
24 cancer sufferers in Galway, Dublin and Cork are taking part in a clinical trial which researchers claim has shown an almost five-fold increase in survival rates.
Scientists have found that the combination of two drugs – ipilimumab and nivolumab extended the survival rates of over 90 per cent of patients by up to two years.
Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, with 75 per cent of people dying within just one year of diagnosis.
From the Galway Bay FM Newsroom: Every water treatment plant in Galway and across the country is to be audited after unsafe drinking water entered the supply in the South East last month.
52 people became ill after drinking contaminated water that came from a plant in Gorey, Co Wexford, while a plant in Ballymore Eustace, which services part of Dublin, produced unsafe water for 10 hours one day last month.
An Forum Uisce says Irish Water’s delays in informing the EPA and HSE are unacceptable and clearly put the public at risk.
The Minister with responsibility for Irish Water Daragh O’Brien says the audits will start today.
From the Galway Bay FM Newsroom: Increased community-based care has led to shorter waiting times for cardiac appointments in Galway.
The Saolta Hospital Group says waiting lists for appointments have reduced from 6 months to 6 weeks.
In the past 7 months, more than 1-thousand people have undergone diagnostic tests through community-based services Galway University Hospitals are running with Primary Care Centres in Tuam, Gort, Claremorris and Galway City.
The new care model is also reported to be reducing pressure on hospital services such as in Outpatient and Emergency Departments.
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