Consultants support move to downgrade Portlaoise
The decision to downgrade services at Portlaoise Hospital may be sensible, but there are serious concerns about how services will be affected
News that Portlaoise is set to lose services has elicited the usual media storm and parish pump politics. Meetings are already scheduled to take place in towns across the areas affected. The hospital serves a catchment area that spans five counties. Protests are inevitable.
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