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Sat 01 Jan 2009Support centre for torture victims forced to cut staff
THE IRISH Centre for the Care of Survivors of Torture has been forced to cut its doctors' hours by 50 per cent and has lost 12 per cent of its staff in the past nine months due to a funding shortfall.
With waiting lists of up to a year for its psychotherapy service for torture victims, and uncertainty over its budget for 2009, its director Fr Michael Begley said the centre could face further cutbacks in the coming year.
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