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Organisers of Saturdays Daisy Hill Hospital Save Our Emergency Surgery Committee have thanked the people who turned out on Saturday at their public rally protesting at the proposed transfer of Emergency Surgery from Daisy Hill Hospital to Craigavon Area Hospital.
Francis Gallagher the Chairman of the Save Our Emergency Surgery Committee stated, “ I would like to congratulate the very large crowd who turned out for our Public Rally. A very important message has been given to the Southern Health and Social Services Trust regarding their Consultation on Emergency Surgery at Daisy Hill Hospital. The people of our region have personally signed approximately 12000 replies to the consultation and a very large crowd of local and cross border residents attended a Public Rally to display their total opposition to the proposals contained within the Trust’s Consultation. After this display of opposition the Trust will have to seriously reconsider their proposals. Surely the main point of a Public Consultation is to listen to the affected community and what that community are saying and their wishes should be adhered to”.
The Chairman concluded, “ I am calling on the Trust to listen to our community and stop their proposals immediately and allow the residents of our region to receive the quality health they deserve and return Emergency / General Surgery to Daisy Hill Hospital with immediate effect.
The Rural Needs Act needs to be adhered to and the lives of our rural residents should not be put at risk due to substantial travel times”.
