Local Deputy says Sligo is a more suitable location for Surgical Hub

A Sligo Leitrim TD says the Health Minister is receiving representation from elected representatives locally in relation to where a new surgical hub will be located in the North West. A major campaign is taking place in Donegal to have the centre situated in Letterkenny. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill will meet with a delegation of Donegal Healthcare workers next week to discuss the issue. She has also held meeting with Donegal TDs. Last month, it was confirmed that Sligo University Hospital was being nominated as the preferred location for the facility.However concern is being expressed in Sligo that the decision could be changed due to the pressure being applied on the Minister and here officials Sligo Leitrim Deputy Frank Feighan says ‘it’s unfortunate that one of the local hospitals will miss out on a Surgical Hub. He says Sligo would be a more central location for the facility