The A&E hitlist: Trauma care to be axed from nine hospitals
Doctors say number of A&Es must be reduced; Proposal will trigger huge political backlash
Nine hospitals around the country face having emergency trauma services permanently axed, under new plans being drawn up for the health service.
This means that they would no longer treat patients who have been in car crashes or had serious falls and have head injuries, broken limbs and major wounds.
The hospitals that have been earmarked are Cavan Hospital, Naas Hospital (Kildare), Portiuncula Hospital (Galway), Mullingar Hospital (Westmeath), St Luke’s Hospital (Kilkenny), Wexford ...
