Managers ‘knew of fears over surgery ban’

THREE weeks before Patrick Joseph Walsh died, management at Monaghan Hospital received three letters from consultants and GPs warning it was unsafe to ban surgeons from performing emergency surgery in the evening.

One of the letters was sent by surgical teams in Monaghan and Cavan General Hospitals, according to Dr Illona Duffy, a Monaghan GP.

A similar letter was sent by the medical board in Monaghan, while more than 30 Co Monaghan GPs also wrote to management expressing their concerns.