Hospital ‘starved’ of funds, say volunteers

THE Government has been accused of “starving Mallow General Hospital of adequate funding”, according to volunteers helping to support the facility financially.

The claim was made yesterday by the Friends of Mallow Hospital, who state that less is spent on each patient, in a catchment area of 100,000, than any other general hospital in the country.

Friends of Mallow Hospital treasurer Noel O’Connor said the Government had yet again failed to assign significant money from its budget surplus to upgrading the facility.