SF calls for health care crisis protests
Sinn Féin today called on Dubliners to take to the streets in protest over the crisis in the health care sector.
In a day-of-action, the party urged people to join demonstrations demanding access to decent, efficient treatment.
Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin MEP, said: “Access to decent healthcare is one of the biggest issues facing people today.
“We have just come through one of the worst winters in recent years for Accident and Emergency units, with up to 490 people per day waiting on trolleys and chairs at its worst.”
Ms McDonald said that at the root of the problem was a grossly unequal, two tier, public-private system.
“Those who can afford it can get the best care quickly. Everyone else has to wait, sometimes for years,” she said.
“We are calling on people not just to complain about the health services but to campaign and to demand the decent, equitable and efficient services that we need.”
Events will begin at the GPO on O’Connell Street with protesters joined by TDs and councillors, while other protests will be held across the city.
