St Lukes Hospital Parliamentary Question

national | consumer issues | news report Friday March 23, 2007 16:21 by C Murray

Observe the ineffectual reply...

In Rathmines, Harold's Cross and Crumlin we are to lose St Luke's Hospital.
In fact, the hospital scandal stretches further than that.
We are to lose a cancer hospital which will be amalgamated with St James,
the high property values allowed Minster Mc Dowell's Sidekick to sign the lands
to speculators.

There is a clinic in that hospital complex used by the parents of kids with CF and asthma
called Lukedoc/Dubdoc- one TD from the area put down the question re losing our clinic
published below is the reply from Mary Harney.

Question 213;
Mr Gormley :- asked the Minister for 'Health and Children' where the Dubdoc clinic , which is
currently part of the Saint Luke's Hospital Complex in Rathgar and is an extremely important
out of hours service to the people living in the vicinity of this area, will be located when the
cancer treatment facilities are moved from St Luke's to St James Hospital: and if she will make
a statement on the matter.

Mary Harney's Response:-

"The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal
social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service executive under the
Health Act 2004. accordingly , My department has requested the Parliamentary
affairs division of the Executive to resond directly to the deputy in relation to the
matter raised".

Not good enough- we await response.

The Board of Our Lady's against the advice of Diarmuid Martin has acted
against the amalgamation to the Mater site- and rightly too, a car park
is no place for recovering children.

St Luke's is to go- for property speculation.

We may lose our out of hours service.

This effectively means that there is no emergency hospital service for the
treatment of children in:- Rathmines/Ranelagh/Rathgar/Harold's Cross/Crumlin.

In fact from the City centre to Tallaght on the Southside. This is PD health Policy
in action.

There are many children who require CF/Asthma/wound dressing and out of
hours care. The situation with the possible loss of those services in the area
between Tallaght and the city centre is indicative of how public services
are starved to benefit the profiteering speculators. This, in case anyone
has not noticed comprises minister Mc Dowell's vote catchment area.