HSE URGED TO RETHINK NEUROSURGICAL UNIT FOR GALWAY

Date Published: 25-Mar-2009

A local councillor is urging the HSE to reconsider a decision not to locate a Neurosurgical unit in Galway.Councillor Michael Mullins, whose a member of the Regional Health Forum West, says it's vital that the West gets a dedicated centre to treat brain injury.The call comes in light of the death of Christopher St. George, whose inquest was held recently.Mr. St. George fell in the car park of University Hospital Galway and had to be transferred to Beaumont Hospital Dublin to be treated for head injuries, where he later died.