The Health Minister has given the strongest indication to date that a new MidWest Emergency Department will be located in Raheen.
It follows concerns over an instruction document given to the MidWest Health Planning Board which failed to explicitly commit to a new Acute Hospital.
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Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has confirmed to the Dáil, however, that the Government has set out to embrace Option C of the HIQA report, which refers to a new ED.
Responding to Clare Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe, Minister Carroll MacNeill says the new Raheen site will provide major facilities, but upgrades will be seen across Clare’s services as well.
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