I’ve borrowed my post title from today’s Irish Examiner.

Its front page highlights three more examples of H.S.E. incompetence and its affects on three families:

1. Michael Devane went for a routine operation on his wrist. He dies after suffering severe brain damage after the surgery. He was 44 years old. The H.S.E. apologised.
2. Six children who looked for help after suffering years of abuse at the hands of their parents never got that help. They got an apology from the H.S.E.
3. Adam O’Callaghan, a 14 month old baby from Mallow died from Leukaemia two days after diagnosis. The family spent 9 weeks looking for help for their son who was in constant agony. They were told that the symptoms pointed to colic and constipation. The H.S.E. apologised to the family for the upset experienced in the course of their dealings with Cork University Hospital.

Each day that passes bring more shameful incidents to light. Apologies are like drops of rain at this stage. Action needs to be taken to rid us of the monster that is the H.S.E.

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I see that people are calling for yet another inquiry into the Health Service.

We don’t need more inquiries just a radical overhaul of the whole service so that efficiency and service are to the fore.

Get back to basics and fix it!