Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy McLoughlin. I ask the Deputy to give me a copy of that letter. If there are commitments in it, I would certainly want to ensure that the relevant persons are aware of it.

It might be helpful to talk about what is being provided at Sligo University Hospital. Angiographies are performed there using the mobile cath lab one day per week and they can do ten angiography procedures per day. The average number performed in Sligo is 455 per annum, broken down by inpatient and day-case activity.

Saolta has advised that there are 75 patients on the cardiac catheterisation waiting list for angiographies and this waiting list is reflective of patients from the Sligo catchment area only. In addition to the numbers treated in Sligo, the hospital refers approximately 300 per annum to St. James's Hospital and to the Mater Private.

I will certainly convey the Deputy's concerns. I would appreciate if the Deputy would give me a copy of the letter that he has to hand.

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