An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-30
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Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF), Donegal

The people of Donegal are sick and tired of the neglect of Letterkenny University Hospital, LUH. The Minister for Health met with representatives of the County Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland when he was last up in the county. He learned first-hand about the serious crisis in diabetes care. An adult is supposed to wait six months for an important appointment, but it is 24 months in County Donegal. Recently, not one but two consultant endocrinologists resigned from the hospital. Will the Minister personally intervene to deal with this latest crisis? Will he consider LUH, its absolute neglect and the second-class citizenship that people in County Donegal feel when it comes to going to our hospital?

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Sitting date: 2023-05-30