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Fri 11 Nov 2009Harney appeal to hospital consultant
Minister for Health Mary Harney has appealed to a Donegal consultant who said he has virtually no work to do at Letterkenny General Hospital to “look for solutions” instead of “always identifying problems”.
Senior orthopaedic consultant Peter O’Rourke had said that although he was earning €225,000 a year, he had “nothing to do” because of cutbacks. The surgeon said he was unable to carry out elective procedures at the hospital, such as hip and knee replacements, because the hospital had postponed them due to budgetary overruns.
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