The Save Navan Hospital campaign has been fighting proposed plans to replace the emergency department there with a 24-hour medical assessment unit.Before Christmas, a new ambulance bypass protocol was introduced whereby critically ill or unstable patients being transported by ambulance would no longer be taken to the emergency department at Navan and would instead be brought to other hospitals.
Mr Toibin said that doing this creates pressure on other hospitals, and he demanded that the HSE and Minister for Health invested in front line services like Navan, to ease that pressure elsewhere.Local Sinn Féin TD Johnny Guirk said that people were concerned when they see what has happened in Limerick.
"It saved my life. I had a heart attack some years ago, and if it wasn't there I'd be dead now," she said. Previously, Navan was already being bypassed for stroke, trauma, cardiac arrest, paediatrics and obstetrics patients.
Meanwhile a major protest in Dublins city centre today on illigal emigration and RTE cover a small protest on hospital overcrowding and a stolen car in ballymun, someone bit the hand of a garda? Shame on you RTE ! I less TV licence payer now !
They can’t wait to close navan let them come to drogheda funny how the HSC sent out letters to drogheda house holders if you have any cut’s broken bones go to Dundalk just sums up the HSC 😡😡😡
Wow. A tiny group of mostly retired folk!