Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil on the following matter of regional and national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, to intervene directly to require the Health Service Executive not to proceed with its plan to remove, by the end of November, all acute medical services from Monaghan General Hospital to Cavan General Hospital, the consequences of which will undoubtedly entail great inconvenience, unnecessary suffering and in some cases the avoidable deaths of patients.

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