Michael Bell
Question:45 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Health if his Department were advised by the North Eastern Health Board of the decision to close St. Mary's Geriatric Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; if he directed the board to take the decision to close the hospital and transfer the patients to the Cottage Hospital; and if he has any plans to reconstruct the old maternity hospital of Our Lady of Lourdes into a new geriatric hospital to replace both St. Mary's and the Cottage Hospital.