Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach will be aware that a unit with 48 single beds has opened in Mallow General Hospital. I have two questions on this. Two floors of the four-floor unit are still not open. I ask the Taoiseach to look at the feasibility of opening them. I also ask him to ask the Minister for Health, as I have, to look into the transfer of the blood transfusion service from Mallow General Hospital to Cork University Hospital as it is putting more pressure on CUH. Taking the current service away from Mallow General Hospital is also decreasing staffing levels in the hospital. It is important we keep these services in regional hospitals, such as those we have in Mallow General Hospital.

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