Candlelight Vigil to Save St Luke's Cancer Hospital

dublin | miscellaneous | event notice Thursday November 13, 2008 16:38 by Rory Hearne - People Before Profit Alliance

Please come to a Candlelight Vigil to Save St Luke's Cancer Hospital

Friends, Family & Everyone needed on Wednesday November 19th at 7pm at
St Luke's Cancer Hospital Highfield Rd., Rathgar, Dublin 6. Local choir will sing at the vigil. Senator David Norris will also say some words of support.

The campaign has postcards printed that outline the following and are
addressed to An Taoiseach Brian Cowen,Chris Andrews T.D and John Gormley T.D., if you can take
some to distribute please let us know, or else email the following to your local TD

Dear T.D.,
You can and must help Save
St Luke's Cancer Hospital in Rathgar
1. St Luke's is the national radiotherapy centre.
2. It is the only dedicated cancer hospital in the country.
3. The therapeutic surroundings & accommodation are
unique & vital for cancer patients.
4. Over €20 million has been raised for St Luke's Hospital
by staff, patients, their families and friends. That goodwill
will be lost if it closes.
5. The Midlands & many other areas will have no centre of
excellence. St Luke's is already a national centre of
excellence & should continue to be the vital centre to
patients from all over the country.
6. St Luke's is a public facility with equality of access. It is
to be replaced by a Public/Private Partnership hospital in
an already overloaded facility at St James' Hospital. This
will threaten equality of access and quality of service
necessary for all cancer patients.
7. The People Want St Lukes to stay!

Please sign the petition@ www.savestlukes.net
Contact Email: savestlukes@gmail.com
Chairperson: Rory Hearne 086 1523542 Secretary: Ciaran Behan 087 1379634