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Cancer, 8 Years And Counting... Further delays for radiotherapy unit in Ibiza. 8 year wait for cancer sufferers continues. Consell President withdraws promise to resign.
Even though he had promised to resign if the new hospital in Ibiza did not have a cancer treatment radiotherapy unit operating by the end of this year, Vicent Serra, PP Conservative President of the Consell Island Government, admitted this week that this wouldn't be the case. Instead of resigning, Serra explained his change of mind to stay in office for the remainder of his term by saying that the contract for the installation and operation of the radiotherapy unit would be awarded and signed “before this
year was out” and that shortly afterwards, in the new year, this much needed unit would be in operation. However, he would not be pressed for a date. Cancer associations on the island were disappointed and annoyed by this delay saying that cancer sufferers had been waiting for over 8 years for this unit to come into operation, so that they do not have to leave the island for treatment. They pointed out that in Madrid a similar unit had been installed in less than 3 months asking why there should be such a long wait here? More frustrating still was that the cancer associations couldn't pin Serra down (Continued on page 2)