Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)

——a man has been waiting for a bed in Mayo General Hospital since last Thursday. His consultant in Castlebar thinks he should be in hospital in Galway for a consultant haematology bed. The consultant haematologist in Galway, Dr. Dwyer, wants to accept him but no beds have been available since Thursday. This man is 77 years of age and is now dying of advanced anemia. Even if a bed is provided for him today, he will not be able to take advantage of it because hospital staff believe he has become unfit for travel. These are real problems——

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