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Anger at latest delay on hospital promise
Wednesday, 11th April, 2018. Vol. 11, Issue 15 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth
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The delay in implementing plans to improve services at Louth County Hospital has come in for criticism with one local councillor calling for immediate action to provide the promised facilities for local families. Sinn Féin Councillor Anne Campbell has revealed that the planned reduction in the age limit for treatment at the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at the Louth Hospital is already behind schedule, and has stated that the situation must be addressed in order to ease pressure on the already overstretched
A & E in Drogheda. In November 2017, Health Minister Simon Harris was visiting Louth and told Fine Gael politicians, that the reduction in age at the MIU, from 14 to 5 years, would happen in February this year. Councillor Campbell, a member of the Regional Health Forum, pointed out, “that deadline is now well past. Minister Harris, during a visit to Louth, announced to great fanfare, his confidence that the MIU in Dundalk would see this reduction by February. See Page 2
Geraldine wins another gold
Evergreen local athlete Geraldine Finegan has added yet another gold medal to her collection following victory at the European Masters Indoor Championships in the Pentathlon. See Page 8
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