Seán Crowe
Question:733 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who attended the accident and emergency department at Tallaght hospital on 30 December 2003 and was diagnosed with meningitis; if his attention was further drawn to the fact that they were kept waiting for five and a half hours in the accident and emergency department during which time other patients were vulnerable to catching the illness; if there are procedures in place for the treatment of persons with infectious illnesses in accident and emergency wards; if these procedures are being adhered to; his views on whether they need to be reviewed in view of this incident; if his attention has been drawn to similar cases; and if so, the nature of those cases. [1707/04]
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