6 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether it is unacceptable that an 85 year old woman spent 14 hours awaiting treatment for a broken pelvic bone, a laceration to her elbow and other injuries in the accident and emergency department of St. James's Hospital on 16 December 1999, following a fall on a bus, and who subsequently died of her injuries; and the action he will take to ensure that treatment is never again withheld for such a lengthy period from a seriously injured person attending the accident and emergency department of an acute hospital. [18806/00]

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6 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether it is unacceptable that an 85 year old woman spent 14 hours awaiting treatment for a broken pelvic bone, a laceration to her elbow and other injuries in the accident and emergency department of St. James's Hospital on 16 December 1999, following a fall on a bus, and who subsequently died of her injuries; and the action he will take to ensure that treatment is never again withheld for such a lengthy period from a seriously injured person attending the accident and emergency department of an acute hospital. [18806/00]

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