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Aug 24 2023
AISLING A WINNER IN OUR EYES
No CT scanner for Ennis Hospital until November by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
l Clare Rose Aisling O’Connor pictured on stage at the Kerry Sports Academy, MTU with Kathryn Thomas during the Rose of Tralee International Festival TV Rose Selection night on Tuesday night Photo by Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus
Ennis hospital will be without a CT scanner for the next three months. It means GPs across Co Clare will be unable to refer patients who require a head assessment to Ennis and instead will result in a higher volume of referrals to University Hospital Limerick or St John’s in Limerick. From Monday (August 28th) until November, Ennis Hospital will be without a CT scanner. This development has caused concern among General Practitioners across Co Clare. “They are replacing the CT scanner and without it the service is
practically useless for local GPs to refer patients to,” one Clare GP told The Clare Echo. Concerns have also been voiced of a potential downgrading of services at the Medical Assessment Unit in Ennis Hospital. Professor Tom Perice retired from his role as a consultant in the Ennis Medical Assessment Unit last Thursday. No designated consultant will be
in place for the MAU following this retirement according to hospital insiders while a spokesperson for UL Hospitals Group said, “A permanent Consultant Physician has been appointed and has taken up post in Ennis Hospital to replace Dr Peirce”.
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