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Royal College of Surgeons
Cases where a patient will be so badly injured or unwell that the difference in ambulance times will be relevant are thankfully rare. It is also inconceivable that a patient presenting in such a state to SWAH would not be seen by elective surgical teams who are on site and stabilised prior to transfer.
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Irish News share a Fermanagh Patient Story.
“With my illness I’m immunocompromised, if I got any sort of sepsis or infection it could be disastrous. There was a man beside me getting tested for Covid and they were coming in with all sorts of ailments.
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One Voice – 16. Erne Area Women’s Institutes support this Roadmap.
The Women’s Institute is a community-based organisation whose motto is Women Involved in Family, Friendship and Community. Hospitals providing emergency surgery are a necessity for all communities especially in rural areas. It is totally unacceptable that the families and communities who live in rural areas have to make long journeys to Altnagevlin hospital, bypassing the…
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One Voice 15. Fermanagh Community Transport.
The restoration of emergency general surgery at SWAH is essential for the health, wellbeing, and safety of everyone we serve. We need to see a proper process of consultation, engagement and rural health ecosystem co-design and co-production which builds on the reality of the geography, demography, economy, infrastructure and health of our unique and highly…
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One Voice- 14. Enniskillen Rugby Football Club. Support for SOAS .
Another fullsome statement of solidarity on behalf of ERFC in support of Save Our Acute Services campaign regarding the South West Acute Hospital being redesignated as a Rural Area Hospital. Another addition to the local coalition of support.
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