Patients to suffer for hospital debt, warns FG

PATIENTS in the West and North West face major cutbacks in care as seven hospitals have plunged €27 million into the red, Fine Gael warned last night.

Shadow Cabinet member Denis Naughten claimed resources for day services are now so overstretched money will need to be saved at the expense of people needing treatment.

“Public health services are already being curtailed in the North East region due to overspends.