The lab at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, unilaterally withdrawn access to histopathology services from GPs early in February this year, meaning all patients requiring biopsy, or excision for benign or malignant lesions need to be referred to secondary care.
The reason for the move is due to lab capacity issues.
Fianna Councillor Shane McGuinness joined us on the programme this morning to tell us more about what’s going on here.
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