Patients in South East subjected to ‘medical apartheid’

Patients and families seeking full cardiac care services in the South East region have warned they are being subjected to “medical apartheid” as campaigners gathered outside the Dáil.

Ministers and TDs from the region were confronted by cardiac care campaign groups yesterday, while Health Minister Simon Harris was criticised for not meeting families.

Several hundred people marched on Leinster House demanding 24-hour cardiac services and mobilised support after Co Waterford farmer Tom Power died of a heart condition while being transferred to Cork on Sunday, June 18.