James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I reiterate, "Some of the statistics in the report, while rough, are so startling that they cannot be ignored. They were gathered over the past three years, one set of statistics shows that a patient attending Galway University Hospital has a 5.8% mortality rate compared with a 21.3% mortality rate in Roscommon which is four times greater". That is what I said and I stand over it.

Since that time the number of people attending Roscommon Hospital has gone up. New surgeries and medical facilities are available. There is now plastic and reconstructive surgery present which commenced at the end of 2011 and was extended to two days a week. This service is growing with 50 patients booked for each day of the clinic, 100 patients per week, significantly improving access and reducing waiting times. Sleep studies commenced at Roscommon Hospital in March 2012 and already 204 patients have been assessed.

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