Rory O'Hanlon
Question:181 Dr. O'Hanlon asked the Minister for Health and Children the number and percentage of bed days taken up by victims of road traffic accidents in each of the past three years for which figures are available. [13887/00]
Written Answers - Hospital Services.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The data derives from the hospital in-patient enquiry – HIPE – system which records information on hospitalisations in all publicly funded acute hospitals. The year 1998 is the most recent for which comprehensive figures are available.
Number and Percentage of Bed Days due to Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) 1996 to 1998
|
Year |
Bed Days dueto RTAs |
As a % ofTotal Bed Days |
|
1996 |
54,791 |
1.74 |
|
1997 |
53,160 |
1.68 |
|
1998 |
47,424 |
1.49 |
Gay Mitchell
Question:182 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if long sentence prisoners are treated in public wards in hospitals here; the steps being taken to protect other patients, especially where the prisoner concerned is in prison for violent crime. [13889/00]
In-hospital care and treatment is provided on the basis of need and is provided to all who require it, including the category of patient referred to by the Deputy.
Security for patients, staff and visitors in hospital settings is a matter, in the first instance, for the management of individual hospitals. My Department would not routinely have to hand details of the security measures which are in place in individual hospital settings and I have, therefore, asked the regional chief executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the chief executive officers of the health boards to investigate this matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.