Inquiry to probe quality of hospital care

A PUBLIC inquiry is to be established by the Monaghan Health Services Action Group (HSAG) to examine the quality of care being offered by Monaghan General Hospital.

The HSAG say the inquiry is aimed at giving the public an opportunity to highlight the impact on their lives of the downgrading of the hospital.

Monaghan General was thrust into the limelight again last month after a 76-year-old patient, Patrick Walsh, died at the hospital because he was unable to access surgical treatment after 5pm and a bed could not be found for him at Cavan or Drogheda hospitals.