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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 12 Nov 1996

Vol. 471 No. 4

Written Answers - Hospital Waiting Lists.

Ned O'Keeffe

Question:

92 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the delay in having a person (details supplied) in County Cork admitted to hospital for treatment of an eye cataract; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in his recent reply to a Parliamentary Question he stated that the person in question refused an offer of surgery; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this person did not at any time refuse an offer of surgery; and if he will seek the correct information regarding the delay of admission for this patient. [21082/96]

Limerick East): I have had further inquiries made of the hospital authorities regarding this matter and have been advised that this patient's medical notes confirm that she was offered surgery in 1995 but decided against same.

In the circumstances, should the patient's general practitioner feel the need for further consultation with the consultant ophthalmologist, the Southern Health Board will be happy to facilitate this.

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