Hospital supporters ‘betrayed’ by HSE silence

A VOLUNTARY group which has fund-raised for years to prop up services at a community hospital in Co Cork says it feels “disgusted and betrayed” by the HSE’s refusal to say what’s happening about repeated promises to extend the facility.

The Friends of Bandon Hospital claim that for weeks they have unsuccessfully demanded information from the HSE about stalled plans to create an extension at the hospital, which would have brought the number of beds from 23 up to 40.

It’s expected that hundreds of angry people will attend a public meeting in Bandon next Monday, April 11, to discuss the issue.