The times for diagnostics in Monaghan were better than those achieved by the MAU especially when you count the travel time for Monaghan patients.
The introduction of an 'Admissions Lounge' and 'Observation Ward' in Cavan is a pedantic, enigmatic and arcane method of changing the name of a 'trolley' into a 'bed' and an 'in-patient' into a 'semi-in-patient' but keeps those patients out of the statistics.
Peter McMahon
Posted on 29 Jul 2009 6:32 pm
The times for diagnostics in Monaghan were better than those achieved by the MAU especially when you count the travel time for Monaghan patients.
The introduction of an 'Admissions Lounge' and 'Observation Ward' in Cavan is a pedantic, enigmatic and arcane method of changing the name of a 'trolley' into a 'bed' and an 'in-patient' into a 'semi-in-patient' but keeps those patients out of the statistics.