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flag A cancer patient in Ireland faces anxiety over extended CT scan wait times, now up to three weeks, due to increased demand and staffing shortages.

flag A cancer patient in County Meath, Ireland, reports heightened anxiety due to extended waits for CT scan results, now taking up to three weeks instead of one. flag Brenda Courell, who has stage four breast cancer and has been in partial remission for two years, undergoes scans every three months, a shift linked to a 20% rise in CT scan volume in the northeast region. flag The Health Service Executive acknowledges the strain, hiring three new radiologists and recruiting two more, but average report turnaround remains at 15 working days—above the national target of ten. flag The HSE says it cannot address individual cases without details and urges patients to contact hospitals directly.

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