628 Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health in view of the plans to reconfigure medical services between St. Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown and St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, and recognising that, under current protocols, the majority of heart attack, stroke and serious trauma patients bypass St. Columcille’s for St. Vincent’s, the current numbers of acute beds in each of St. Columcille’s and St. Vincent’s; if this number will change as a result of the reconfiguration of services; the current budgets for each hospital; if these budgets, or the proportional relationship between them, will change as a result of the reconfiguration of services; if, following the reconfiguration, patients presenting at Loughlinstown with pneumonia-type conditions, especially elderly patients, will be admitted and receive inpatient treatment there, or will be referred instead to St. Vincent’s; if, following the reconfiguration, ambulances attending to patients with pneumonia-type conditions, especially elderly patients, in the catchment area for St. Columcille’s, will deliver them to St. Columcille’s, or will instead bypass St. Columcille’s and deliver them to St. Vincent’s; if, following the reconfiguration, St. Columcille’s will continue to operate an intensive care unit; the capacity of the coronary care unit at St. Vincent’s; if, following the reconfiguration, the capacity of the coronary care unit at St. Vincent’s will be increased; and if, following the reconfiguration, the capacity of the emergency department at St. Vincent’s will be increased. [27485/11]

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628 Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health in view of the plans to reconfigure medical services between St. Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown and St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, and recognising that, under current protocols, the majority of heart attack, stroke and serious trauma patients bypass St. Columcille’s for St. Vincent’s, the current numbers of acute beds in each of St. Columcille’s and St. Vincent’s; if this number will change as a result of the reconfiguration of services; the current budgets for each hospital; if these budgets, or the proportional relationship between them, will change as a result of the reconfiguration of services; if, following the reconfiguration, patients presenting at Loughlinstown with pneumonia-type conditions, especially elderly patients, will be admitted and receive inpatient treatment there, or will be referred instead to St. Vincent’s; if, following the reconfiguration, ambulances attending to patients with pneumonia-type conditions, especially elderly patients, in the catchment area for St. Columcille’s, will deliver them to St. Columcille’s, or will instead bypass St. Columcille’s and deliver them to St. Vincent’s; if, following the reconfiguration, St. Columcille’s will continue to operate an intensive care unit; the capacity of the coronary care unit at St. Vincent’s; if, following the reconfiguration, the capacity of the coronary care unit at St. Vincent’s will be increased; and if, following the reconfiguration, the capacity of the emergency department at St. Vincent’s will be increased. [27485/11]

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