Letters to the editor: Health Preservation Act a threat to our overall wellbeing

Government obsession with Covid has led to a tragic decrease in — or cessation of — many non-Covid health services including vital diagnostic screening

An empty cancer screening unit at Cork University Hospital; many people have had no access to routine diagnostic screening because of Covid-19 restrictions. File picture: Des Barry

I think that our elected representatives in Dáil Éireann should oppose the further extension of draconian government emergency powers in Part 3 of the Health Preservation Act.

The likely further collateral damage to overall wellbeing that such an extension would cause is a source of great concern.