Decision to cancel €10.5m orthopaedic unit a ‘bombshell’
All out-patient clinics in the county were stopped without notice in January. As a result people needing hip replacements or children born with hip or foot deformities cannot even get on a waiting list to be seen by a consultant, unless they can pay for private care.
The 78 staff employed to work in the 33-bed unit attached to the Mayo General hospital have been telephoned by the health board to tell them the jobs are no longer available.
