爱尔兰的一名癌症病人由于需求增加和人员短缺,对长时间的CT扫描等待时间感到焦虑,现在可长达三个星期。 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.

爱尔兰县肉类医院的一名癌症患者报告说,由于长时间等待CT扫描结果,焦虑加剧,现在需要三周而不是一周。 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. 布伦达·库雷尔(Brenda Courell)患有四级乳腺癌,两年来被部分缓解,每三个月进行一次扫描,这一转变与东北部地区CT扫描量上升20%有关。 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. 卫生服务执行官承认这种压力,雇用了三名新的放射科医生,又征聘了两名医生,但平均报告周转时间仍为15个工作日,高于全国指标10个工作日。 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. HSE说,它不能在没有细节的情况下处理个别病例,并且敦促病人直接与医院联系。 The HSE says it cannot address individual cases without details and urges patients to contact hospitals directly.