Written answers
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
Department of Health and Children
Hospital Services
11:00 pm
Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 who had been diagnosed by their general practitioner with pneumonia and sent to the accident and emergency of the Mater Hospital, was not admitted on four separate occasions and on the fifth occasion had to be taken immediately into the intensive care unit as their organs were collapsing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41504/06]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
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