A protest will take place in the region's capital this Saturday afternoon to fight for improved services at University Hospital Waterford.
People from across the South East are being urged to turn out and support UHW's campaign for a second cath lab, which was recently rejected in the Herity Report. The report instead recommended that emergency heart attack treatment be removed entirely from Waterford to Cork.
The report has since been dismissed as inaccurate and flawed by leading cardiologists in the South East.
The event this Saturday is being organised by the South East Patients Advocacy Group who are appealling to people of the entire South East region to come out and voice their protest at the ongoing erosion of services including cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford.
A Facebook event page for the march says "This protest is non political and there will be no political speeches - this is purely a protest by the people whose lives are being affected by the ongoing cuts to services available to them in University Hospital Waterford. The politicians had their say... the consultants had their say... now it's our turn... let's show them that we are not going to lie down and accept this despicable situation any longer."
The People's Protest will assemble at The Glen in Waterford City at 2pm on Saturday.
