A former Minister for Health believes consensus is needed on the future of Ennis Hospital.
It comes a week after Kilkee Fianna Fáil Councillor Cillian Murphy said campaigners should decide which one of the three Midwest emergency departments closed in 2009 would be suited to easing pressure on University Hospital Limerick.
The Community Health Organisation Area of Clare, North Tipperary and East Limerick is the only one nationwide served by just one ED, and the Midwest Hospital Campaign Group has stood firm in its position that Ennis, Nenagh and St. John’s must all have their A&Es reopened.
Higher Education Minister Simon Harris says there’s “real benefit” in examining how services available at UHL could be provided in Ennis.
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