Ruairí Quinn
Question:185 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with medical cards who attend hospital and are issued with a prescription, must make an appointment and travel to their own general practitioner who must re-issue the hospital prescription on a green medical card form before the medical card holder can go to a pharmacy and have the medication dispensed; the reason this duplication of work is required; the further reason a person who is ill has to wait until their GP can see them before starting their medication; if she will make arrangements to enable the medical card holder to go directly to a pharmacy and have the medication dispensed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34790/06]
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