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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5The state of the Health Service is dire and it must rank as criminal that it has been brought to this condition as a result of deliberate actions and policy of the PD's and Fianna Fail. People are actually dying for need of access to help.(How do these politicians sleep at night?) But the sad truth is that the privatisation will now accellerate as a result of the recent election and the most disheartening thing of all is that this will be done in agreement with the Greens and a so called socialist, Finian McGrath.
The extent to which our country has lurched to the extreme right is demonstrated by a recent statement from the Brithish Tory Party agreeing that health services must be free at the point of delivery to ensure equality of access. While they still want to bring private companies into the system, to satisfy their so called "enterprise" ethos, they will do so on a contract basis with payment being made by the Department of Health. The patient will receive the treatment free and there will be no incentive, as applies here, for greedy consultants to form two queues. Bertie and Harney are beginning to make Atilla the Hun look like Mother Teresa.
Having said all that, given the election result, does anyone care any more? Has the "greed is good" bug now completely overwhelmed any sense of community or concern for our fellow citizens, particularly the vulnerable?
The answer to your question Jim is sadly YES
Having watched Bertie being interviewed by Miriam Callaghan over the weekend, it is certain that this empty vessel cares nothing for anyone other than himself. The screen could hardly contain the inflated ego. He has no concern at all for those suffering awaiting health care and like his PD friends, he has no problem with inequity, Obviously no member of his own family will have to suffer, they have their heads well and truely stuck in the trough. And can there be any doubt that Harney has something on him?
We are in a greed, celebrity dominated shithole.
Hey,
reading the comments above you;d swear people were all very happy with health care as it stands and that there was support for the privatisation agenda. The reality is there isn't. We saw that on the stall using this leaflet: lots of support and anger. As the leaflet says, what is needed is a leadship and a campaign to mobilise that anger, linking health staff, patients and unions.
Limerick dialysis crisis
The disgraceful lack of planning and penny pinching in the Irish health service is causing chaos for dialysis patients in Limerick. After years of under funding, new patients are now being sent to Galway, Kilkenny, Tullamore and Tralee for treatment.
This means they must drive four hours at least three times a week just to stay alive. As well as this, other existing patients have to come into the hospital in the middle of the night a few times every week. This adds extra, unnecessary, stress and strain which undoubtedly impacts further on their health.
The immediate problem is the lack of sufficient dialysis machines to accommodate new patients, with current machines busy around the clock. There has been warning after warning that more machines are needed. For instance, one person we met was sent all the way to Dublin for dialysis over a year ago.
The government ignored these warnings, putting saving money before saving lives. Now the crisis has reached breaking point.
There is no reason why people should have to travel long distances for dialysis treatment. Similarly there is no justification for having patients drag themselves into the hospital in the middle of the night for treatment. All those in need of dialysis should be able to receive it locally and during daytime hours.
The Socialist Party has been out campaigning for this in Limerick. We believe that patients, health staff and unions must fight together to force the government to act. Extra dialysis machines and staff are needed immediately, patient care must be the priority, not cost cutting or privatisation.