Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-21
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Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF), Donegal

In recent days, the management of Letterkenny University Hospital, LUH, launched a plan for the improvement of services at the hospital. Hardly a week goes by where I do not hear horror stories from families about the emergency department and what is happening there. The conditions are absolutely unacceptable, both for the patients and the nurses and doctors who have to work there. We do not have enough beds, nurses and doctors in LUH and in the community hospitals. LUHl is the sixth largest hospital in the State. When the allocation of beds, nurses and doctors at LUH is compared with the top ten hospitals - I have done this and published it - there is no doubt that there is inequality. Will the Taoiseach get behind this new plan and ensure fairness for the 170,000 people living in Donegal?

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Sitting date: 2023-06-21