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Letterkenny Hospital "systematically underfunded" 03.09.12

SINN Féin has called for all Donegal's politicians to unite to "confront the systematic underfunding" of Letterkenny General Hospital.
Deputies Pádraig MacLochlainn and Pearse Doherty said local public representatives must defend the vital services provide at the hospital for the people of the county.
It has been confirmed in recent days that the hospital faces over €3.5 million euro in Government cuts between now and the end of 2012. This is some €900,000 a month.
Letterkenny Hospital.
Deputy MacLochlainn said: “We can reveal that the management and staff at Letterkenny General Hospital have endured a scandalous and systematic underfunding for many years now.
"We have obtained access to data that shows that per 1000 inpatients, Letterkenny General Hospital receives the lowest budgetary allocation of any hospital in the State and the lowest
allocation of hospital staff in the state.
"Dublin hospitals have been receiving between two and three times the budgetary allocation that Letterkenny General Hospital receives per 1000 inpatients."
The local hospital caters for 21,000 inpatients - the seventh highest in the state - but it has been denied designation as a regional hospital.
"This costs the hospital up to €2m per annum and puts services under threat as hospitals with higher status are prioritised," he added.
Sinn Féin says Sligo is designated as a regional hospital despite having had 5,000 fewer inpatients in 2011 and despite of a ranking of 17th.
Meanwhile, Deputy Doherty has written to all Oireachtas members in the county inviting them to seek a collective and urgent meeting with Health Minister, James Reilly.
“Despite this scandal, Letterkenny General Hospital management and staff have somehow managed to repeatedly make LGH one of the most efficiently run hospitals in the State according to the HSE’s own statistics, the party said.
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