The Chronic Pain Unit in Sligo University Hospital is set to close this Friday.
It’s understood that there are currently around 1,500 patients on the waiting list for the service.
The service, which has been open since 2006 in Sligo will now close, and it’s thought that patients will now have to travel to Galway for treatment, despite services there now operating in a reduced capacity.
Two consultants that were in the unit have left to take up roles in other hospitals.
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Local Sinn Fein Councillor, Thomas Healy, says that the Government has failed to invest in Sligo again.
