Asbestos support group backs interstate moves
The Gippsland Asbestos Related Diseases Support (GARDS) group has welcomed funding for an asbestos research facility interstate.
The New South Wales Government has provided $7 million for the centre in Sydney.
It aims to develop blood tests for asbestos-related cancers, to enable early diagnosis.
The rate of mesothelioma in the Latrobe Valley is seven times the state average.
The secretary of GARDS, Vicki Hamilton, says she has been lobbying the Victorian Government to support similar research in the Latrobe Valley.
"We've actually asked them on many occasions, even before the Latrobe Regional Cancer Care Centre was up and running, to look into a centre of excellence into research and specialist doctors and it fell on deaf ears," she said.
The New South Wales Government has provided $7 million for the centre in Sydney.
It aims to develop blood tests for asbestos-related cancers, to enable early diagnosis.
The rate of mesothelioma in the Latrobe Valley is seven times the state average.
The secretary of GARDS, Vicki Hamilton, says she has been lobbying the Victorian Government to support similar research in the Latrobe Valley.
"We've actually asked them on many occasions, even before the Latrobe Regional Cancer Care Centre was up and running, to look into a centre of excellence into research and specialist doctors and it fell on deaf ears," she said.
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