Seanad debates

Tuesday, 15 April 2003

Government Policy and the Provision of Services for the Elderly: Statements.

 

The Minister spoke about the health boards. In my own area we had a problem with physiotherapists. The Western Health Board runs the Plunkett Home in my town, and it took a year and a half to appoint a physiotherapist there. The lack of physiotherapy for elderly people caused serious stress and many problems for them. Such cases are unacceptable breakdowns in the system. Thankfully, we now have a physiotherapist, who has come from South Africa, but the problem was not merely in Boyle but all around the country. Physiotherapists were not available to work for the health boards, and that was a serious problem for a year and a half.

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