The Chairperson of Enniscorthy
Town Council has called on the Minister of Health to provide a full time mental
health acute unit for County Wexford.
Sinn Féin Cllr Johnny Mythen had a motion to this effect passed at last
week’s town council meeting.
“County Wexford has one of the
highest rates of suicide per capita on this island,” Cllr Mythen said, “In fact
this county has seen twice the national average of deaths by suicide. Successive governments promised that a full
time bedded mental health unit would remain in the County even after the
closure of St Senans. This has not been
the case.”
“Many families who lost loved
ones are concerned that alleged bed shortages for people suffering mental
health issues which require immediate medical intervention may have cost
lives. Time and again we have heard
about these tragedies yet nothing is done to prevent them from happening
again.”
“A motion passed by Enniscorthy
Town Council has called upon the Minister of Health, Dr James Reilly, in
conjunction with the HSE, to provide a much needed 24/7 mental health acute
unit in County Wexford.”
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