Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 26 Nov 1998

Vol. 497 No. 4

Written Answers - Hospital Services.

Willie Penrose

Question:

120 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps, if any, he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is admitted to Tullamore general hospital to have an operative procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25296/98]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Cowen)

The provision of medical treatment to eligible persons in County Westmeath is the statutory responsibility of the Midland Health Board in the first instance. I have asked the chief executive officer of the Midland Health Board to investigate this case as a matter of urgency and to reply directly to the Deputy concerned.