Mallow County Hospital laboratory facilities
Most specimens are sent to Cork; the Health Board seeks a technician, whose appointment is under urgent consideration, while it can fund £6,000 in equipment from its 1977 budget. The Minister could not say when the technician would be appointed.
andMr. Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the urgency of providing laboratory equipment and facilities at Mallow County Hospital, County Cork; and the financial allocation he has made to that end for 1977.
Comment on this
There is a small laboratory in Mallow hospital. Most specimens are, however, sent by train each day to the laboratory at St. Finbarr's hospital in Cork.
The Southern Health Board recently sought approval to the appointment of a senior laboratory technician for Mallow. This new post would cost £4,800 in a full year and is being considered urgently in the context of the "job-creation" programme as a whole. Items of equipment costing £6,000 are also needed and the board can provide these from their budget for this year.
Comment on this
(Dublin Central): Could the Minister state when the laboratory technician will be appointed?