Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion

11:15 am

Photo of Peter FitzpatrickPeter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda is one of the busiest in the country. I have spoken on numerous occasions about the services provided by Louth County Hospital. I firmly believe that many people in the north east are not aware of the range of services available in Louth County Hospital in Dundalk. Has any progress been made in highlighting these services or are there plans to publicise them? When I was in the emergency department in the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, there were comments on the number of people who bypass Louth County Hospital to go to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. Only 25% of the people who present in that hospital's emergency department are admitted. Is there any way we can publicise the minor injuries units, MIU, in the hospitals in the area? Louth County Hospital is one of the best small hospitals in the country.

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