No stopover is provided for patients en route to Dublin from Donegal. Patients are dependent on the kindness of persons in service stations and the fact that paramedics and nurses make an extra effort and buy tea and coffee for them en route. I heard of one gentleman whose father had to use the toilet facilities in a service station in his pyjamas and slippers at 2 a.m. The floor of the toilet in the service station in question was wet. What kind of system are we providing for patients in comparison with the provisions for animal welfare?

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