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Letterkenny Hospital cuts "just the start" 09.07.08

SINN Fein has urged the people of Donegal to be vigilant to cutbacks taking place at Letterkenny General Hospital.
Senator Pearse Doherty said the move would affect patient care and would be "accelerated" over the summer months.
Letterkenny General Hospital He said cuts proposed at Letterkenny General Hospital would be replicated elsewhere and he urged the Donegal public to “be vigilant in defence of threatened hospital services”.
“Management at Letterkenny General Hospital are proposing to close a 20-bed ward and to
scale back the services provided in the Day Service Unit for a number of weeks in August," said Senator Doherty.
"This may include closing the day service unit for up to a fortnight."
Senator Doherty said he had "no doubt" that the HSE was planning cuts for hospital across the State.
"This is on top of the ongoing drive to centralise the hospital system and to strip local hospitals of services.
“We will not see the full extent of health cutbacks until after the Dáil goes into summer recess. People need to be vigilant in defence of threatened hospital services. Public pressure is needed to oppose these cuts.”
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