Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)

There are hundreds of people on the waiting lists for elective surgery in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. They now have to go into the system. Where will they get their operations? Will that not add to the Minister's woes and increase these waiting lists? There is, effectively, a full surgical unit which could operate on people but cannot do so because it has been closed. The waiting lists will increase and people will be left waiting. We are talking about hundreds of people.

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