Plea to restore hospital services

MONAGHAN people demanding the full restoration of services to their local hospital brought their protest to the Taoiseach’s door yesterday.

They have begun a month-long fast and vigil outside the Department of the Taoiseach in Dublin.

Monaghan Hospital used to provide acute services and a full maternity service. Those and other critical services are no longer provided. The situation deteriorated over the summer. Ambulance personnel have been told to bypass Monaghan Hospital with all accident and emergency cases.