Susan Mitchell: Health planning is no place to play politics
The promise of a specialised cardiac lab for a regional hospital was the product of political necessity, not medical need
Soon after the government was formed, a local paper in the southeast reported that Independent TD John Halligan had delivered on cardiac care for his constituency.
Halligan, Waterford Today reported, had signed off on a “groundbreaking deal” that would ensure the extension of cardiac services and the provision of a second cath lab for Waterford Hospital.
It was the only reason he had entered government. So he said.
The terms of the actual ...
