Hospital with vital blood service faces downgrade
Nenagh General Hospital is relieving the pressure on the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick by treating patients with a condition known as haemochromatosis, who cannot be accommodated in the larger hospital.
The Mid-Western Regional Hospital can no longer cope with new patients diagnosed with the condition and many now travel to Nenagh for venesection — where a vein is opened to remove blood as a therapeutic treatment.
