Seanad debates
Wednesday, 25 June 2003
Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed).
There is no neuro-surgery unit in the mid-west region. People must wait to go to Cork and many of these people die before they get to Cork. These are the problems people on the ground have. They are not necessarily interested in the administrative structures within the system. They hope the Government will solve these problems, but they are equally concerned that people with cancer or people who need to avail of neuro-surgery should have the facilities available to them. This is a huge criticism of the current health service. Is it right for a person with a young family of five children to have to travel all the way from County Limerick to a radiotherapy facility in St. Luke's Hospital in Dublin for a five minute treatment?
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