Patients left to suffer as appointments cancelled

YOUR report (August 12) that hundreds of patients’ appointments had been cancelled at Mercy University Hospital (MUH), Cork, because it can’t afford to open its emergency department and has been forced to close its outpatients department was devastating news for many people. It is a very worrying time for them as they wait for the letter to see a consultant.

One such letter I received from a constituent seeking advice on a letter he received from MUH, which he attached for my attention.

I am not contravening the confidentiality of my constituent in disclosing the content of the letter, as he has given me permission to do so.