At-risk teenager’s plight raised by FG

A DEPRESSED teenage girl who overdosed on two occasions cannot get the treatment she needs because of a six-week waiting list for a hospital bed.

The 13-year-old’s plight was raised in the Dáil yesterday following a letter sent by the girl’s mother to Fine Gael’s Health spokesman Dr James Reilly.

The letter was read out by party leader Enda Kenny during leaders’ questions.