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THE emergency services at Ennis General Hospital are to face further downgrading, more than three years after it lost its 24-hour accident and emergency unit.
A date has not yet been set, but the HSE confirmed to The Clare People that the Local Emergency Centre (the former A&E) would be replaced with a Local Injuries Unit.
Once these changes are implemented, all patients with emergency cardiology or medical problems will no longer be treated at Ennis General Hospital but will be taken directly to the Mid Western Regional Hospital Limerick.
According to a spokesperson for the HSE, “The Local Emergency Centre will become a Local Injuries Unit focusing on the care of adults and children over five with injuries such as broken bones, soft tissue injuries and wounds.”
Clare representative on the HSE West Forum, Tom McNamara said this news was in complete conflict with what he was told last week.