A ROUND table meeting involving the HSE, General Practictioners and South Doc as well as local representatives should be held as soon as possible to clear up confusion that has arisen about the after-hours medical treatment service being provided in north Cork.
Just a week after the publication of a letter from Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to local TD Michael Moynihan assuring inhabitants of Kanturk that the local after hours medical service would retain its hours, locals have been informed that the service is effectively closed and they will have to travel to Mallow for medical attention after 6pm.
While there will be a number of local politicians in Cork who will be picturing themselves in the seat now occupied by Michael Creed after the next election, it may not be a simple matter to plant one’s backside in the leather upholstery!