Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am concluding, in case the Chair jumps in again. There was one such famous incident. The issue is that the hospital is in such a state that it really needs direct intervention. I have never in my life heard of representatives from HIQA going into a hospital and things being so bad that they suspended their visit and contacted the CEO of the hospital group in order to have issues addressed. They did not want to continue their visit because it was such a serious issue. Can we therefore please have some process for managing and dealing with this quickly? The Minister will not have all the solutions immediately, but the matter does need a specific intervention because people being left outside in reception areas and on trolleys with no access to critical equipment, oxygen etc. in this day and age is simply unacceptable.

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