GPs to write to Taoiseach over health service gaps due to Bantry hospital restrictions

It is understood that one case is being notified to the Irish College of General Practitioners of a person who died in West Cork while waiting for an ambulance

The Irish College of General Practitioners has asked all GPs working in the Bantry General Hospital catchment area - which has around 80,000 residents - to report to them any adverse incidents due to the restrictions which have been in place since July 26. Photo: Denis Minihane

A group of at least 44 GPs is to write to Taoiseach Micheál Martin to express concern about health services in West Cork in light of the restrictions on admissions to Bantry General Hospital.

The Irish College of General Practitioners has asked all GPs working in the BGH catchment area - which has around 80,000 residents - to report to them any adverse incidents due to the restrictions which have been in place since July 26 and which mean patients are having to be taken to Cork for treatment, sometimes by ambulance.