A €4.4M ENDOSCOPY unit is to be built at Letterkenny Hospital.
The government has sanctioned the money to be used and the construction will begin this year.
Donegal Northeast TD Joe McHugh welcomed the news, saying that the unit will take approximately two and a half years to complete.
He described the new unit as “a major step forward for patients in the north-west”.
The €4.4m includes €1.2m for new endoscopy equipment, and €3.2m for building refurbishment and enabling works.
McHugh commented:
This new Endoscopy Unit will give citizens in our region access to the highest quality endoscopy procedures, and will enable our hospital to work towards becoming a centre for colorectal screening.
He said that the manager of Letterkenny General Hospital and his team have been working on this project over a two-year period.
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