Dáil debates
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Other Questions
Hospital Services
10:40 am
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I would not have that level of detail available to me here but I know that in the past, we talked about saving one life per week and avoiding three people per week going into long-term care as a consequence of this initiative. Those figures have almost doubled and I look forward to an ever-increasing number of people receiving better outcomes from our health service, specifically in this area. In the past, a stroke very much brought a close to the kind of life people were able to lead. My father suffered a stroke and was left blind for the remaining 14 years of his life. The advent of this technology and service is something which is real and tangible and to the betterment of our people and our service.
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