but shocking figures uncovered by labour yesterday show some patients are suffering agonising waits of as many as 541 days to begin treatment...
when bruschi suffered a stroke in 2005, he was treated at massachusetts general hospital, which he said was well equipped to handle the medical emergency..
he added: �these findings show that despite the tireless work of doctors and nurses, it appears that some cancer patients are still enduring shockingly long waits to start treatment..