Vol. 530 No. 6
243 Mr. McDowell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of operations which had to be cancelled in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in the past year due to a shortage of blood; and the measures he is taking to address the situation. [4735/01]
As the provision of medical services for patients at Beaumont Hospital is the responsibility of the Eastern Regional Health Authority – ERHA – in the first instance, my Department has asked the regional chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy. I have been advised by the ERHA that Beaumont Hospital has no record of any operations being cancelled at the hospital due to blood shortage during the past year.
Question No. 244 answered with Question No. 227.
