There is never a good time to downgrade A&E in any area. In all accidents the the 1 hour is the golden hour, and if you need to send a patiant further then you are putting heir lives at risk.

If it’s unsafe, then at least try and fix it. Are the Government telling us that they are closing down unsafe hospital units on safety grounds or are they telling us they are closing down unsafe hospital units as a means of saving money?

i think its scary that an A&E dept can be down graded without full public disclosure. and also the nearest hospital A&E galway in this case,has not been expanded to deal with the extra patients that will attend A&E due to the closure of Roscommon.More lives lost or put at risk, when will we hear the stats on that!

These decisions , and the reasons behind them are too often made behind close doors . We are a literate population and should have the facts placed before us , anything else is patronising and serving only administrators . Priorities such as excessive regulation , over powerful senior doctors and self-perpetuating bureaucracies should be mucked out and only then can sensible decisions be made .

I would rather die in an A&E than on my way to Galway. We are now outside the crucial hour zone, the government have put a death sentence on our heads.

Why don’t we exclude doctors from decision making in the medical sector. They are paid too much to be making decisions. Let’s put Jack O’Connor and David Begg in charge. At least then the money wouldn’t be going to fat cats…oh wait

woman just there on radio from roscommom,will take her 1 hr 25 mins to get to galway if there is no traffic or road works,she and her husband work and pay their taxes.she also made the point that if she had to go to galway,they might tell her to come back the next day and also about parking.there was no taught at all put into this.its all about money

And all because we have to pay the bondholders who not only can afford private health in whatever private clinic they wish, they can probably jet over to any country that offers the specializations they require.
The roads of Connaught are not the best and most Roscommon people can’t afford the helipad, nerver mind the helicopter.

If it’s unsafe I’d rather go somewhere else bottom line!

The HIQA people also said Tallaght was dangerous, will they close that??? Hell no, only the country hospitals get closed!!! It’s a disgrace

Don’t believe them. All excuses to save money,Cuts plenty more to come started by FF accelerated by FG more to come this govt are lieing 24/7.I have to say i don’t think its good to have the ex head of the IMO heading this Vested interests will always win the the day. wheres the cuts in consultants salary’s..

Don’t get fooled by the “unsafe” ruse.
Not sure what slight of hand might have been used… could be similar to the bank “stress tests”. If you do a stringent report on any hospital it may well be unsafe. The question is: Is that because of consistent underfunding or because it is impossible to make it safe?
There is not even ONE Centre Of Excellence in the state. They are cutting before providing the alternate services. As everyone of us knows the Health Services are required daily. It is fair for anybody of any county to want these alternate services in place for a year before allowing any cuts to existing ones.
How can we trust the government when they are breaking other promises left, right & centre?
If it is a matter of money slice it from the layers of unnecessary management in the HSE.

I’m from Roscommon and I voted yes. It’s dangerous that’s evident close it and put the money saved into providing a better service from hospitals in the region. That way people from both Roscommon and the greater area benefit in the long run

I wonder why we should accept a decision made by as unhealthy a creature as ever wafted a stethescope , a member of a party that brazenly breaks its promises , who discipline Deputies who stick up for their electors , and don’t have the gumption to tackle the greedy idiots who have consigned us to penury . Go to Hell Dammit !

whihout drogheda hosptail my son would have died he had a heart attack on the way to drogheda he would not have made it to dublin

Very surprised how close this vote is. Are there a lot of Roscommon readers of the Journal? Otherwise cannot understand the large ‘Yes’ vote. Unsustainable units or even hospitals cannot be maintained – in good times or in bad.

We have to believe it.