Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)

No, my understanding is that one of the appointments was a co-appointment but the other was a full appointment to Roscommon County Hospital. Will the Minister clarify whether the two surgeons will be based on the Roscommon campus? Will inpatient surgery services there be retained in the medium to long term?

I understand a consultant in emergency medicine, a third consultant physician and a consultant anaesthetist were to be appointed to Roscommon County Hospital. In addition, a consultant surgeon was to be appointed to serve both Roscommon and Portiuncula hospitals. A threat was issued, however, that these appointments would not be ratified on a formal basis, especially the third consultant physician post, unless the original proposals were accepted.

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