Surviving the health system

I AM baffled at the Taoiseach’s statement in the Dáil shortly before it adjourned for the summer — “I stand here and defend our health system”.

If Mr Ahern really believes he lives in the “best possible world”, he evidently uses different channels from those that common mortals like me are obliged to use.

On Monday, June 26, I spent 15 hours in the A&E of Cork University Hospital (CUH) standing next to the patient I had brought in who was luckily awarded a trolley in the corridor.