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

I have a letter that was sent to the Taoiseach this morning from the chairperson of the County Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland, Paul Gillespie. In the letter he states, "Resources have deteriorated to such a level for Type 1 Diabetes care in LUH that we are concerned that patient safety of care is now beyond critical." The Minister, Deputy Charlie McConalogue will confirm everything I am saying. We have a profound crisis in that there should be three endocrinologists in Letterkenny University Hospital but there is nobody there. People who get the job walk away because the level of support and resources are just not there. The reason Diabetes Ireland wrote this letter to the Taoiseach is its representatives met him when he was Minister for Health back in 2016 and 2017. Commitments were given that have not been honoured. We have a profound crisis here. We are asking that an urgent meeting be convened by the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, with all the senior people, and that LUH be upgraded to model 4 hospital status. This is what is required

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