€500,000 allocated for CGH ED investment
Under the plan, to be announced in the coming weeks, Cavan General Hospital will receive funding for the reconfiguration of the Emergency Department.
Half a million euro will be invested in a Health Capital Plan for Cavan General Hospital, it has been announced.
Under the plan, to be announced in the coming weeks, Cavan General Hospital will receive funding for the reconfiguration of the Emergency Department.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has allocated €250,000 for the work which will include additional resuscitation bays. A further sum €250,000 has also been allocated to replace the Endoscopy Unit and provide an additional 18 beds.
"I welcome the confirmation by Minister Donnelly of this funding towards this essential upgrading of existing accommodation and provision of new accommodation and I had continually raised with the Department, with the HSE and also through Parliamentary Questions and in other health debates in Dáil Éireann the need to progress these project," said Deputy Brendan Smith.
His party colleague Niamh Smyth, agreed describing the upgrade as “critically required" and an issue she had raised on numerous occasions in the Dáil, dating back to her time in opposition.
“Despite cramped conditions Dr Ashraf Butt and his team continue to deliver a service of excellence in the Emergency Department and this investment will breathe new life into one of the most demanding services in Cavan General Hospital.”
Funding will also be allocated to accommodate Antenatal & Paediatric OPD clinics so that existing OPD accommodation can continue to be used as an expanded ED at Cavan General Hospital.
Deputy Smyth added: “Cavan General Hospital provides not only for the people of Cavan but for the entire border region and I would like to thank the Manager of Cavan General Hospital Mr. David Lynch for his perseverance and drive to ensure the expansion and development of our hospital that provides a way range of services and has been crucial during this global pandemic to deliver first class care to patients in the border region.”
She went on to say: “Our entire health service has been through the most difficult 16 months and are still under severe pressure with the ongoing pandemic.
“As we come out the other side of what has been a most gruelling period, where so much has been asked of our health services, I’m glad to see continued Government investment and I will continue, as a local TD, to push for further investment in the region,” concluded the local deputy.