Election candidate, Christy Galligan, has welcomed clarification from Health Minister James Reilly that there are no plans to close the maternity unit in Letterkenny General.
Election candidate Christy Galligan
Galligan claims this episode has been politically motivated by Fianna Fail – the timing of it alone would suggest as much.
“Unfortunately, the speculation has been deeply upsetting and unhelpful for staff and patients in the hospital – they are the victims in all of this.
“The fact remains that there is a review underway into maternity services in the West/North West Hospital Group following the death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway. That is currently how things stand. However, the Minister has assured that no service reconfiguration options have been recommended and there are no plans for closures of any maternity services in the region.
“Fianna Fail and their representatives locally should desist from scaremongering local people for their own naked political gain, and instead begin developing practical, workable solutions to ongoing issues in Donegal which would better serve the people they are purported to represent.”
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