Thousands protest over Waterford hospital services

Details regarding the staffing levels and operating hours of a proposed mobile catheritisation lab for cardiac patients at University Hospital Waterford are expected to be confirmed in the next couple of days.

Consultants at the regional hospital and campaigners are adopting a “wait and see” approach to the mobile lab which was announced last week by independent TD and minister of state John Halligan.

Despite the announcement, more than 5,000 people marched through Waterford’s city centre on Saturday afternoon in protest at the government’s failure to allocate a second catherisation laboratory at UHW.