Consultants in Mullingar have also written to the Health Minister with their fears.
A man was left waiting in the back of an ambulance for 12 hours at the Emergency Department in the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar due to over-crowding issues.
That's according to one of the people protesting outside the Westmeath facility today over the closure of Navan Hospital A and E.
They are raising concerns about the knock on impact the closue of the Meath Emergency Department will have on neighbouring hospitals.
Consultants in Mullingar have also written to the Health Minister with their fears.
Jean is one of the people who is protesting outside Mullingar today:
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