Hospital challenge to politicians

MALLOW hospital provides an excellent service for the people of north Cork. The population of the area is expanding rapidly, putting more strain on the hospital, particularly as Mallow is designated a hub town under the national spatial strategy.

Mallow hospital has the smallest budget of any general hospital in the country. It is at least as busy as any of the other regional hospitals, and indeed is busier than most of them.

It seems the people of north Cork, when requiring hospital care, are less deserving than people elsewhere — less money is spent on a patient admitted to Mallow than to any other hospital in the country.