Consultants: 'Patients may die' if diverted to Drogheda

Consultants from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda have warned that"patients may die" if updated ambulance protocols go ahead.

A letter signed by 17 consultants in Drogheda warned the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly not to proceed with the updated bypass protocol, warning that due to a lack of resources in their hospital, patient care will be compromised and patients may die. No decision regarding the wider reconfiguration of the emergency department at Our Lady's Hospital Navan has been made. There has also been no decision to introduce a full ambulance bypass protocol for Navan.

"Nobody in this region wants to see what's happening in University Hospital Limerick happen in our region. It's time for proper investment into the ED services in the country," he said.

HSE accountants think differently

That's how the hse is planning on reducing the waiting list numbers

Hse murders people every day of the week with their impractical barberous policies. That shit hasn't been updated in 50 years.

There needs to be a NationalHealth Committee for makingMAJOR HEALTH DECISIONS that includes clinicians-all specialties. Minister for Health/Govt r incapable of this.BILLIONS spent on non-essential children’s hospital while Navan closed yrs after known to be unsafe &NoPlanInPlace

Time both of these hospitals had a name change....present designation reflects the ethos of one religion.

Don't think money is the problem with the HSE their budget for 2022 is €21 billion...One of the highest per capita in the EU....

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