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"Shout for our hospital" - DACC
29.06.11
DONEGAL Action for
Cancer Care this week met with Donegal Oireacthtas
members to highlight their ongoing concerns for the
future of Letterkenny General Hospital. DACC urged
them to start “shouting for LGH” in the Dáil and to
the Minister for Health.
"With the hospital having budget shortfalls and no
money to run the hospital, DACC feel strongly that
without a very clear and loud message going to the
Government, LGH will be downgraded," said DACC
spokeswoman, Betty Holmes.
"If the hospital does not have the money it needs to
run and provide the services a hospital should be
able to do, then it does not have security. Money
reflects security. If you can’t provide services and
meet quality standards because you haven’t the
money, then the hospital is being downgraded." |
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The group say Donegal
patients "have never been a priority at national
level".
"Why should we now believe that in these economic
times, our hospital will be on any priority list.
The general manager and staff at the hospital are
doing their very best in what is an intolerable
situation.
"Unless we the people of Donegal send out a very
clear and loud message to Government that we will
not accept this we will find ourselves among 'the
small hospitals'that the Minister for Health talks
about closing," she added. |
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Betty Holmes |
"DACC are asking the
people of Donegal to make sure they contact their
elected representatives and ministers to ensure that
LGH is protected."
Among DACC's priorities are:
Budget inequalities
Recruitment of a full time urologist
The long awaited new A&E unit
Patient pathways for the radiotherapy unit at
Altnagelvin
The theatre list for Donegal patients at Galway
Hospital |
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