Seanad debates
Thursday, 29 May 2003
Adjournment Matters. - Mental Health Services.
I visited unit 9 last week. One would see better in a Romanian orphanage. The unit would be condemned if it was part of a television series we were watching from Romania. It is hard to believe we can see this in Ireland given the millions spent on the health service. It is appalling to think we have a new hospital built, yet this is happening here in Dublin. It is time for decisions to be made. I want to see patients being removed from what the inspector of mental hospitals considers are not proper facilities in unit 9 and relocated as soon as possible in the new hospital. If it costs hundreds of thousands or €1 million to make this move, it should be made public and those responsible brought to book. It is high time that patient care was placed at the top of the agenda. If we are told what has happened is true, there has been gross neglect.
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