Welcome for senior doctor’s timely warning on Causeway
In a statement, Mr. Allister said: “Dr Finnegan is absolutely right. The Minister can’t strip out acute services from Coleraine without creating chaos across the Trust area, simply because neither Antrim - already in turmoil - or Altnagevlin could cope.
“I endorse entirely his view that the only safe way of delivering healthcare is to continue to have acute services in Coleraine.
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Hide Ad.“I also welcome and support the Unison petition, being presented to Stormont, as another vital contribution to the rising campaign to save the Causeway as an essential acute hospital.
“The people of Ballymoney and Coleraine are not second class citizens and must not be left with a second rate service by the DUP Health minister. What we have in Coleraine we need and must hold.”