Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 29 Sep 1999

Vol. 508 No. 1

Written Answers. - Hospital Waiting Lists.

Ruairí Quinn

Ceist:

449 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on the situation whereby a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 has been waiting two years for a heart by-pass operation; his further views on whether this person would be deemed to be high risk and should be given the operation as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17521/99]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Cowen):

As the determination of in-patient appointments is a matter for the hospital authorities in the first instance, based on clinical assessment of need, I have asked the chief executive officer of Mater Misericordia Hospital to investigate the position regarding this patient. Given the particular circumstances of this case, I have requested that he reply to the Deputy directly, as a matter of urgency.