The council is to write to the HSE to see if Kenmare Community Hospital is operating at full capacity.
Independent councillor Dan McCarthy brought the motion before the recent Kenmare Municipal District meeting.
He says we’ve all heard about the ongoing crisis in our hospitals and he feels the Kenmare hospital would be an ideal step-down facility, which would help free up beds in UHK.
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Cllr Dan McCarthy wants the council to ask the HSE to open Kenmare Community Hospital to its full capacity, which he says would make a huge difference in the current crisis.
