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Hospital Services.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 June 2004

Wednesday, 30 June 2004

Questions (185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190)

Michael Ring

Question:

248 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for physiotherapy. [19635/04]

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The provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position in this case and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Michael Ring

Question:

249 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to Cappagh Hospital in Dublin for a knee operation. [19636/04]

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The provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position in this case and to reply directly to the Deputy.

John McGuinness

Question:

250 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment and treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is on a waiting list at Waterford Regional Hospital and requires urgent attention will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19637/04]

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Responsibility for the provision of services at Waterford Regional Hospital is, in the first instance, a matter for the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the South Eastern Health Board to investigate the matter and reply directly to the Deputy.

Michael Ring

Question:

251 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be given an appointment to attend a consultant neurologist in Galway. [19639/04]

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The provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position in this case and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Michael Ring

Question:

252 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for a cataract removal operation. [19640/04]

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The provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position in this case and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Jerry Cowley

Question:

253 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for Health and Children if a fully fledged Mayo orthopaedic unit, as detailed in the Western Health Board service plan for 2004 and envisaged in the plan for Mayo orthopaedic services 2002-2006, will open, as announced, in September 2004; his views on whether he feels there is any point in the three times reiterated statement as pronounced by his office through the Ministers of State, Deputies Tim O’Malley and Brian Lenihan, that discussions are continuing between the orthopaedic staff at Mayo and Castlebar, which statement is denied; if this is an attempt to water down a fully fledged Mayo orthopaedic unit as promised in the above plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19644/04]

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I have provided funding of €3.9 million to the Western Health Board to allow for the opening of the new orthopaedic service at Mayo General Hospital. Currently, one consultant orthopaedic surgeon has been recruited by the Western Health Board. The orthopaedic service at Mayo General Hospital will be part of the overall regional orthopaedic service provided by the Western Health Board.

Officials of my Department have met with the Western Health Board. They conveyed my wish that the new orthopaedic service at Mayo General Hospital commence as soon as possible. In-patient orthopaedic service is scheduled to start in September 2004. In the meantime, patients will be seen on an out-patient basis. The preparation of the unit, development of policies and procedures and staff familiarisation will also take place in the meantime. I am committed to ensuring that the new orthopaedic services are established at Mayo General at the earliest possible date.

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