Casualty department opening hours
Molloy raised problems caused by limited casualty opening hours, including a patient unable to return to the same hospital for treatment. The Chair said the specific case warranted a separate question, and the Minister advised contacting the Department.
Is the Minister aware of the difficulties that have arisen because of the new opening hours of casualty departments in the Dublin hospitals which means that they are not open on a continual daily basis? Is the Minister aware that a patient brought to a casualty department of one hospital to be treated for a broken leg subsequently broke his arm in a fall and is unable to receive treatment for this at the same hospital? He could not gain access to that hospital because its casualty department was not open at the time. There is now a ridiculous situation where this person has to go to one hospital to be treated for the arm——
