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The two Shannon Doc centres in Roscrea and Thurles are Regional Centres and they close each evening at 11pm
The Dáil has heard calls for the establishment of a second overnight Shannon Doc service for North Tipperary.
Thurles based Fianna Fáil Tipperary TD TD Jackie Cahill raised this issue with the Minister of State in the Department of Health, Anne Rabbitte.
Deputy Cahill highlighted the fact that the entire North Tipperary area, which is located in the HSE Mid-West region, is serviced by only one Shannon Doc ‘Core Centre’, which operates out of Nenagh. The other two Shannon Doc centres in Roscrea and Thurles are ‘Regional Centres’ and they close each evening at 11pm
Cahill highlighted the impracticalities and impossibilities of a Shannon Doc service located in Nenagh being expected to service a geographical area that spans from the bridge in Portumna, down passed Thurles, and out to areas such as Gortnahoe.
Speaking outside of the new Primary Healthcare Centre in his hometown of Thurles, Deputy Cahill said: “I raised the issue of Shannon Doc services in North Tipperary in the Dáil this week. We have three service centres in North Tipperary: a Core Centre in Nenagh and two others in Roscrea and Thurles, who do not provide night services.”
Tipperary’s Government TD continued to say: “I am clearly saying that North Tipperary needs two Core Centres. At the moment, the HSE have ten teams in the Mid-West region. Only one of those is in North Tipperary. I am clearly saying to the HSE that we need a second Core Centre in North Tipperary here in this new Primary Care Centre in Thurles, which was opened a couple of weeks ago by the Taoiseach.”
Concluding, the Fianna Fáil representative said: “This centre has the infrastructure that would be needed to provide that vital service. I will continue to push the HSE for the necessary funding to provide a second Core Shannon Doc Centre in North Tipperary.”
Deputy Cahill has contacted the HSE for an official response in relation to the request for a second Core Shannon Doc Centre for North Tipperary and he will continue to work on this issue for the betterment of local healthcare in the region.
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