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Tue 05 May 2004Need for sexual assault unit is 'urgent'Victims of sexual assault in the mid-west region will no longer have to travel long distances for forensic medical examinations if a strategy published by the local health board yesterday is implemented.The strategy on combating violence against women sets as one of its key objectives the "urgent" development of a sexual assault unit in the Mid Western Health Board area.