Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

No, I absolutely do not accept that. This is the first chance the Minister and I have had for an engagement about Letterkenny University Hospital but I assure him it will be the first of many. What the Minister's colleagues who wrote this response did not tell him is that the 24,141 inpatients seen in the hospital last year make it the sixth largest hospital in the State. They have admitted that it has the 12th highest budget. We have the sixth greatest number of inpatients but only the 12th largest budget. I love that somebody decided to change the hospital's name from Letterkenny General Hospital to Letterkenny University Hospital. It was given a big fancy name but, whenever anyone is challenged about the budget allocation given to it, we are told that it is a model 3 hospital and that it is doing great for a model 3. It is a university hospital and part of the Saolta University Health Care Group. I will provide the Minister with additional figures after tonight that show the hospital is heavily discriminated against, which cannot be allowed to continue.

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