TRADE UNION ALLAYS FEARS OVER PORTIUNCULA A and E

Date Published: 23-Jan-2012

The Impact Trade Union has allayed fears over the future of Portiuncula Hospital following today's meeting with Galway East TDs and Senators in Ballinasloe

The meeting was called amid fresh concerns that the Emergency Department may be under threat

It was attended by a delegation from IMPACT, SIPTU and the INMO nurses union and Junior Minister Ciaran Cannon, Deputies Micheal Kitt, Colm Keaveney and Denis Naughten and Senators Michael Mullins and Lorraine Higgins

Padraig Mulligan of Impact told Galway Bay fm news that he's confident the A&E in Portiuncula is not under threat and that servives won't be downgraded

However Mr Mulligan says there is always a fear surrounding the performance of the general network of public hospitals in the west