
Sorca Clarke wants answers over waiting times in midlands hospitals.
A Longford Westmeath TD is looking for answers over the significant difference in waiting times for treatment at hospitals in the Midlands.
The wait time for first appointments for 'General Medicine' in Mullingar is currently at 189 days, it's 132 days in Portlaoise, and just 48 days in Tullamore.
General medicine includes the diagnosis and treatment of chronic conditions life COPD and infectious diseases,.
Sinn Fein rep Sorca Clarke says the regional disparity undermines the Health Service: