I do not consider it appropriate for me to comment on the clinical details of an individual patient. The decision with regard to when a patient will have his/her operation performed is a matter for the consultant concerned and the Deputy will appreciate that it is not a matter in which I have any involvement. However, I understand from Beaumont Hospital that the patient was to be admitted to the day ward on 8 October 1991. Unfortunately, his admission had to be cancelled due to the high level of emergency admissions to the hospital on that date, which I am sure the Deputy will realise must take precedence.
This patient has now been informed by the hospital that his admission has been re-arranged for Thursday, 31 October 1991.