“On the positive side, maternity services are back up and running already.'
On Wednesday afternoon, a fire broke out in the hospital’s plant room and hundreds of patients were evacuated.“It’s going to be weeks to months before the hospital is back up and running fully,” he said after a visit to the site.
“But that is the objective and I’ve given everyone here the assurance that the Government will do everything humanly possible to support the efforts to get this hospital up and running, full service as soon as it can be done.“On the positive side, maternity services are back up and running already; outpatients will reopen next week and other hospitals in the region, both public and private, are helping out.
“Staff that are normally working here, are working in other hospitals in the region where their patients are.” A sign for Wexford General Hospital on March 2nd , 2023 after a fire forced an evacuation of the building. Picture by: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
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