Seanad debates
Wednesday, 22 October 2003
National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements.
I signed the contract for Portiuncula Hospital. The Western Health Board bought the hospital for £11 million. We did not buy it to close the accident and emergency department or to close the maternity unit. I owe that hospital a great debt of gratitude. Mary and I had four children in that hospital and it provided a great service. Portiuncula and Roscommon County Hospital work closely together. The hospital in Roscommon in excellent. I might be parochial but it is a referral hospital. When a case arrives, the first priority is to ensure the patient is made safe and if they have to go to an orthopaedic hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital or the Mater, they go prepared and, in many cases, they return to Roscommon for rehabilitation.
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