Bernard Allen
Question:451 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has received a proposal from the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, County Cork for the provision of more five day wards. [24072/00]
Written Answers. - Hospital Services.
Bernard Allen
Question:452 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has received proposals from the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, County Cork to extend the current allocation of dedicated wards to medical treatment and surgical treatments. [24073/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:453 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make resources available for the provision of additional facilities for the audiology department at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, County Cork to allow for more specialist investigations. [24074/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:469 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has received proposals from the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork, for the establishment of a nuclear medicine facility; and if he will make the necessary resources available for that facility. [24105/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:470 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has received proposals to make resources available so that there can be an increase in the number of stress helium tests carried out at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork, in view of the fact that there is a waiting list of over three months at present. [24106/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:471 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide resources to eliminate a situation where there is a waiting time of approximately three months for echo cardiograms at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork, despite the fact that the cardiology department is performing 60 studies per week. [24107/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:473 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the resources available so that a chest pain evaluation unit can be set up at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24109/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:474 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will fund the setting up of a catheter lab in the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork, the absence of which is a significant weakness in the development of cardiology services. [24110/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:476 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has received a proposal from the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork, for the building of modern wards and facilities at the hospital. [24112/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:477 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has received plans from the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork, to increase the size of the cardiology department; and if he has made a decision on that application. [24113/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:511 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the provision of a separate endoscopy unit site available at the south infirmary, Victoria Hospital, County Cork.
Bernard Allen
Question:535 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide the resources for additional day care beds for gynaecology patients at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24400/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:536 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available to replace the current hospital mortuary at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24401/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:537 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available to provide additional car parking facilities at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24402/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:538 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available so additional space for a medical records department can be provided at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24403/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:539 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork, to eliminate a situation where there is no designated staff training facility as the hospital's conference centre can only be used when available; and if he will make the necessary resources available to provide a staff training centre. [24404/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:540 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available to develop and increase the size of the CSSD department at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24405/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:541 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the development of a staff dining room and the relocation and upgrading of the public cafeteria at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24406/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:542 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available to relocate and develop the hospital pharmacy at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24407/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:543 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the provision of additional office space at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24408/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:544 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available to upgrade staff changing areas at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24409/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:545 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he has met representatives of the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork; if he has received the report which assessed the development needs of the hospital; and if discussions have taken place with the management of the hospital on their requirements. [24410/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:546 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available to develop and increase the size of the supplies department at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24411/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:547 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide the necessary resources to establish a separate unit within the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork where assault and rape cases could be examined in private. [24412/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:548 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will sanction the appointment of a third consultant gynaecologist at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24413/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:549 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the provision of appropriate out-patient clinic facilities commensurate with the requirements of the modern day breast clinic which would include the siting of a mammography unit in the out-patients department and the siting of a cyto-pathology facility in the out-patient department of the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24414/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:550 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make resources available for the appointment of an additional clinical breast care nurse specialist at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24415/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:551 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make resources available for the appointment of a third consultant surgeon with special interest in breast disease at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24416/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:552 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the development of dermatological surgery and laser facilities at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24417/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:553 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the replacement of the dermatology unit with a new self-contained unit at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24418/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:554 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will sanction the appointment of a consultant dermatologist with an interest in photo therapy and lasers at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24419/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:555 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide the necessary resources to provide an x-ray unit in the accident and emergency department of the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24420/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:556 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available to relocate the mammography room to a more suitable location at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24421/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:557 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide the resources to increase the size of the radiology department at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24422/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:558 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide the necessary resources for the provision of six purpose built theatres and a recovery facility at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24423/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:559 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide the resources necessary for the provision of two dedicated ear, nose and throat theatres at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24424/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:563 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will sanction the appointment of a second rheumatologist at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24428/00]
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the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the establishment of a prodiatry service at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24429/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:565 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the provision of an occupational therapy service in the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24430/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:566 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the provision of a designated rheumatology unit in the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24431/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:567 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the provision of a bone densitometer within the x-ray department of the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24432/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:568 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the development of the accident and emergency department at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24433/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:569 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary resources available for the provision of a new diabetes centre at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24434/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:570 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will sanction the appointment of a consultant surgeon with a special interest in gastroentrology at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24435/00]
Bernard Allen
Question:572 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make the necessary provisions available to allow for the use of radio-isotopes in the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork. [24437/00]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 to 453, inclusive, 469 to 471, inclusive, 473 and 474, 476 and 477, 511, 535 to 559, inclusive, 563 to 570 inclusive and 572 together.
Proposals have been submitted by the South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital regarding development of services at the hospital and are currently being considered by my Department in the context of the service developments for 2001 and measures to improve the integration of hospital services in Cork.