TWO GALWAY HOSPITALS FINED OVER WAITING LISTS

Date Published: 03-Apr-2012

Two Galway hospitals are facing serious monetary penalties if they don't meet meet targets on reduced waiting times.

University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park Hospital have been fined a total of one point two million under a policy put in place by the Department of Health in February.

However, according to the Irish Times, the Department has suspended the penalty on condition that all waiting targets are met by September 30th.

The new policy fines hospitals where patients have had to wait longer than the official maximum target of 12 months for procedures.