Ned O'Keeffe
Ceist:130 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposed change by the Southern Health Board physio services to transfer 14 patients from Heatherside Hospital, Buttevant, County Cork to Mount Alvernia, Mallow, County Cork; to close a unit at Heatherside Hospital as a result and to transfer 18 staff members; if he will intervene and refuse the Southern Health Board permission to carry out this closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4230/97]