Dail hears further calls for restoration of Cath Lab services in Sligo
Further call have been made in the Dáil for the immediate restoration of Cath Lab services at Sligo University Hospital. Sligo Leitrim TD Marian Harkin raised the issue with Minister for housing Darragh O’Brien in the last few minutes who reiterated how the private provider of the services throughout…
Sligo Leitrim TD appalled by the removal of Cath Lab services
The decision to cease the Cath Lab facility at Sligo University Hospital has been condemned as appalling by Independent Deputy, Marian Harkin. The Saolta Hospital Group confirmed yesterday that the twice weekly mobile service in Sligo will finish at the end of this month and that service users will have…
Permanent Cath lab at Sligo University Hospital could treat 2,000 a year
A Sligo Councillor says a permanent Cath Lab at Sligo University Hospital could mean 2,000 patients a year could be treated instead of having to travel to the likes of Galway. That’s the view of Sligo/Drumcliffe Fine Gael Councillor, Thomas Walsh who is calling for a timeline on when the…
Taoiseach says there will need to be a demand and people to staff a cath lab in Sligo
The Taoiseach says that if a new special heart treatment laboratory is to be set up in Sligo, there will have to be a required demand for it and the people to staff it. Leo Varadkar was responding to questions from Ocean FM News during his visit to Sligo when…
No decision on permanent cardiac cath lab for Sligo
A Sligo/Leitrim government TD has hit out over the lack of progress in providing a permanent cardiac catherisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital. Deputy Tony McLoughlin was speaking in the Dail yesterday evening at the end of a 12-minute question and anser session on the cardiac cath lab with Junior…
McLoughlin to raise issue of cardiac cath lab in Sligo with Minister today
The ongoing issue of providing a fixed cardio cath lab service at Sligo University Hospital is to be raised with Health Minister Simon Harris today. Fine Gael TD Tony McLoughlin says he will be meeting with the Minister and will be seeking a committment from him to ensure the service…
Councillor says mobile cath lab no longer enough to serve needs of patients
A fixed cardio catherisation lab service at Sligo University Hospital could serve over three hundred thousand people were it to open. That’s according to Sligo councillor Rosaleen O’Grady who wants an update on the provision of a full time lab in Sligo. Since 2000 there has been a mobile lab…