Number of GP visit card holders in Dublin ‘shocking’

MORE people have GP-only medical cards in Cork city and county than in Dublin, Fine Gael claimed yesterday.

Number of GP visit card holders in Dublin ‘shocking’
Mon, 25 Sep, 2006 - 01:00
Harry McGee,  Political Editor

The party’s Seanad leader Brian Hayes said that figures he had obtained from the Health Services Executive (HSE) showed there was a shockingly low number of GP visit card holders in Dublin.

He described the imbalance between the capital and other regions of the country such as Cork as “unfathomable”.

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