Laois TD calls for increased bed capacity at three hospitals as county's population continues to grow

Laois TD calls for increased bed capacity at three hospitals as county's population continues to grow

Laois TD Brian Stanley has called on the Government to urgently increase hospital and nursing home bed capacity in Portlaoise, Mountmellick and Abbeyleix to meet the demands of the county’s rapidly growing population. The Independent Republican TD raised the issue during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil, where he pressed the Government to fund a proposed 48-bed wing at Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, retain an existing ward in Mountmellick a…