Chemo drug shortage problem to be resolved next week

A shortage in chemotherapy drugs is expected to be resolved next week.

It's after the only firm supplying the medication to Ireland - Baxter Healthcare - ran short. The HSE says it's a temporary reduction in supply and patients undergoing chemotherapy will be accommodated in other hospitals if their facility does not have enough. The health authority says only a small number of patients are affected. However Consultant Oncologist at St Vincent's Hospital, John Crown says it's not ideal.