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Longford parents concerned as ‘unsafe staffing levels’ are a severe threat on diabetes unit ‘Unsafe staffing levels’ are a severe threat on diabetes unit Reporter: jessica.thompson@longfordleader.ie Siobhán Beatty, with her daughter, Emma, who has been attending the Paediatric Diabetes Unit at Mullingar Regional Hospital since she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes last year );   ); There has been widespread public concern among parents over what one local mother referred to as a “lack of true commitment and due care” by the HSE to children with diabetes at Mullingar Regional Hospital. Earlier this month, the parents of 130 children of the hospital’s Paediatric Diabetes Unit received a letter from Paediatric Consultant, Professor Michael O’Grady, regretfully informing them that “due to ongoing, unsafe staffing levels”, all paediatric diabetes clinic appointments would be cancelled “with immediate effect”.

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