Ryan welcomes planning application at St Vincent’s Hospital Athy
Sinn Féin TD for South Kildare Patricia Ryan has welcomed the lodging of a planning application by St Vincent’s Hospital Athy for a 92 bed Community Nursing Unit. Speaking at her office in Duke St, Athy, Patricia said:
I am delighted to see the application being lodged for the development of the Community Nursing Unit at St Vincents. As Sinn Féin spokesperson for older people I know that there has been a lack of investment in facilities for older people and I have corresponded with the Minister in relation to St Vincent’s and other facilities around the country.
When completed, this will be a state of the art facility which will take on the lessons we have learned from Covid in relation to the care of our older people. The development will also include two dementia wards. I met with the Alzheimers Society of Ireland last week and have joined them in their call for the government to invest €19 million in infrastructure and community support for people affected by dementia. I would like to wish the hospital manager, Thomas Redmond and his team, all the best with the development.