James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If St. Joseph’s becomes a full-time step-down clinic it will benefit patients and staff and free up those beds in our regional hospital. I will ask the Minister to strongly consider this proposal. It is a local solution for the midlands that could be used throughout the country. I hope the Minister will take this on board if the HSE does not do so. I thank the current Minister and the previous Minister for Health for investing heavily in the fine facility at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar.

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