Lives in this county are being put at risk by the HSE because of failures to provide adequate medical cover and out-of-hours services at weekends. That’s the view of former Independent Castlebar councillor Harry Barrett

The HSE’s own figures, he claims, estimates that 1300 people died nationally as a result of healthcare delays in the four months of the Winter period up to January 29th of this year , and he is questioning who is in charge of this “fiasco”?

The former councillor told Midwest News Editor Teresa O’Malley that it’s obvious changes need to be made immediately…..