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Donegal health services "stripped
of €27m"
17.02.12
SOME €27 million will
be stripped from the health service in Co Donegal
under rationalisation plans by the HSE, Sinn Féin
has warned.
Deputy Pearse Doherty was reacting to today's
"severe cuts" in the HSE West service plan including
proposals on the future of Lifford Community
Hospital. |
“Today's HSE service
plan for the western region sees €27 million being
taken out of our health service across Donegal, with
specific reference to the rationalisation of Lifford
Community nursing home, which could see 20 beds
being axed under this plan," said Deputy Doherty.
"This Government like the last has ignored the
voices of the people when they took to the streets
in their thousands demanding that our community
hospitals remain open, and our health services are
cut no further."
It was announced today that a public consultation
would be held on the future of Lifford Hospital
beginning on March 1. |
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Deputy Pearse Doherty. |
Closure is one proposal
however it is understood options for keeping the
hospital open will also be explored.
Deputy Doherty said thousands of home help hours in
the county had been reduced while Letterkenny
General Hospital had been "stripped to the bone". He
said there was a "real possibility" of key services
being taken away from Letterkenny.
“I would urge the people of Donegal to stand
together on this issue, to speak with one voice and
fight these cuts," he added. |
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