Seanad debates

Wednesday, 6 February 2008

3:00 pm

Photo of Ned O'SullivanNed O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)

-----and has been vocal about it. Perhaps the Leader will ask the Minister to examine this crisis. The hospital was opened only 20 years ago as a state-of-the-art facility for the mid-west region. According to the consultants, however, it is under-staffed, under-resourced, people are at unjustified risk of infection, terminally ill patients are dying without privacy and dignity and the accident and emergency department is bursting at the seams. There has not been as much comment about Kerry General Hospital in Tralee as about other hospitals in the country but this issue has taken Kerry by storm. The mayor and councillors of all parties and political persuasions had a joint meeting last week but the HSE did not even attend. This is a problem that must be addressed and I ask the Leader to convey that to the Minister.

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