A department of Ennis General Hospital is set to undergo a “comprehensive refurbishment and reconfiguration”.
The HSE has been given approval to carry out a redevelopment of the facility’s Pathology Laboratory which it states is currently “completely inadequate and cannot cope with any further expansion”.
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An estimated 12 million tests take place in the department each year with sample numbers having increased by roughly 50% in the last decade.
Ennis Fianna Fáil Councillor and HSE Regional Health Forum West member Antoinette Baker-Bashua says it’s a welcome addition.
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