2 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the case recently highlighted by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul regarding an elderly woman, living alone with gangrene in both feet, who was told she would have to wait five weeks for a hospital bed; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that when the society offered to pay for a private bed she was admitted; if he considers this situation to be fair and satisfactory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29061/00]

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2 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the case recently highlighted by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul regarding an elderly woman, living alone with gangrene in both feet, who was told she would have to wait five weeks for a hospital bed; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that when the society offered to pay for a private bed she was admitted; if he considers this situation to be fair and satisfactory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29061/00]

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