Vol. 512 No. 3
222 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have an operation to have a disc removed in view of the fact he has been classified as an emergency case for six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25972/99]
As the determination of in-patient appointments is a matter for the hospital authorities in the first instance, based on clinical assessment of need, I have asked the chief executive officer of Mater Misericordiae Hospital to investigate the position regarding this patient. Given the particular circumstances of this case, I have requested that he reply to the Deputy directly, as a matter of urgency.
