Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

To follow up on that point, the problem is not just affecting people in emergency departments. I have just got a text from a constituent stating that her 16 year old daughter was due to go into hospital to have a kidney removed today but she got a telephone call to say it was cancelled because approximately 42 people were waiting on trolleys and 20 people were waiting on beds. This problem has to be addressed very quickly. It is outrageous.

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