Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of major local and national importance, namely, why Mayo patients must still wait for up to eight years for an urgent urology hospital appointment in Galway, and why an 80 year old man, who clinically has cancer of the prostate, has already been waiting for 16 months to see the consultant urologist in Galway for urgent treatment; why has the situation to continue when a solution is a urology unit in Mayo General Hospital and why should it be tolerated that people without health insurance, waiting for urgent urology treatment, will more than likely have a shorter lifespan due to the negligence of the Government to deal with the health services, which is a disgrace.

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