The glossy publication from the HSE, advising the public as to the type of injury which would be treated in Monaghan and those which would require the patient/victim to go instead to Cavan/Drogheda/Dundalk or Navan has caused absolute confusion and derision. Just to give you a flavour - you can go to Monaghan with a nose injury but not with a facial injury. This means that those who do not keep the nose on the face will be sure of treatment. They will treat cuts and grazes in Monaghan but not if those are received from a fall from any height.
This all seems to be an attempt to mislead and confuse the public so that they will not go near Monaghan. This is now happening as people can treat those injuries at home or by going to the local pharmacy. This suits the HSE who will, in the near future, announce that the Minor Injuries Unit is unsustainable and must close completely, which is what they have wanted all along.
Peter McMahon
Posted on 30 Jul 2009 9:04 pm
The glossy publication from the HSE, advising the public as to the type of injury which would be treated in Monaghan and those which would require the patient/victim to go instead to Cavan/Drogheda/Dundalk or Navan has caused absolute confusion and derision. Just to give you a flavour - you can go to Monaghan with a nose injury but not with a facial injury. This means that those who do not keep the nose on the face will be sure of treatment. They will treat cuts and grazes in Monaghan but not if those are received from a fall from any height.
This all seems to be an attempt to mislead and confuse the public so that they will not go near Monaghan. This is now happening as people can treat those injuries at home or by going to the local pharmacy. This suits the HSE who will, in the near future, announce that the Minor Injuries Unit is unsustainable and must close completely, which is what they have wanted all along.