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Fri 03 Mar 2010Tallaght denies 30,000 letters unopened
HOSPITAL'S RESPONSE:Tallaght hospital in Dublin said yesterday there were never anything like 30,000 GP referral letters left lying around the hospital unopened.
It was responding to a claim by Tallaght GP and Trinity College Dublin public health specialist Prof Tom O’Dowd that thousands of GP referral letters were left sitting around the hospital unopened in 2009. Prof O’Dowd estimated that the number could be as high as 30,000.
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