The Midlands Regional Hospital, TullamoreUnderfunding of local health services slammed by Sinn FéinSinn Féin local election candidate in Tullamore , Aoife Masterson, has claimed that the government’s shameful underfunding of health in Budget 2024 will have "a catastrophic effect on services" in Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. Speaking ahead of a Sinn Féin motion calling for the underfunding to be reversed, she added that the government must step back from the brink and provide proper resources to keep our health services working. Ms Masterson said services in Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore are already stretched to their limit, and her party's motion will call on the government to provide proper funding to keep the health service working. The crisis in Emergency Departments will deepen and patients will continue to languish on trolleys." Ms. Masterson also predicted setbacks across mental health, disabilities, and in key clinical strategies such as cancer, cardiovascular and maternity care, and said there will be "no new money" for patients in need of new medicines which become available next year.

Source: Irish Independent October 25, 2023 03:33 UTC