Sign up in bid to save Mynydd Mawr Hospital
PEOPLE across the Gwendraeth Valley are being urged to fill out questionnaires in a bid to save a community hospital.
The call came during a meeting, organised by Mynydd Mawr Hospital's League of Friends, after shock proposals to close the hospital were announced by Hywel Dda Health Board last month.
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Mynydd Mawr Hospital
Clive Scourfield, chairman of the voluntary fundraising group, told a meeting at Tumble Hall on Monday night that representatives from the board had been invited to attend.
But, he said, the invitation was declined and he apologised to those attending that he may not be able to answer any questions about the proposal.
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He added: "The fact that there's nobody here this evening to represent Hywel Dda Trust I feel is disgraceful."
Mr Scourfield said he also felt that a "roadshow" and drop-in event planned by the trust for Pontyberem Hall on October 9 was "not sufficient" in consulting with the people of the valley.
Keith Davies AM and Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM both expressed their concerns over the closure, while a letter was read from Nia Griffith MP, who said she was "appalled" at the lack of representatives from Hywel Dda.
Members of the public were also invited to give their views on the proposal.
Peter Rosser, a former patient at Mynydd Mawr, said: "I was there for three months and the care and attention I had in Mynydd Mawr Hospital was second to none.
"It was a marvellous place to be in, having been ill."
Eileen Jones, a retired nurse, said: "We had to borrow beds at Mynydd Mawr on occasion, and the service is superb.
"The staff and auxiliaries give terrific care to those patients."
Representatives from the community health council attended the meeting to listen to the public's views, and report back to the health board.
Attendees backed Mr Scourfield to ask for 8,000 questionnaires for the area at a Hywel Dda meeting due to take place at Parc y Scarlets last night.
Comments
by Dan01
Wednesday, September 05 2012, 1:11PM
“MynyddMawr is way past its sell by date. When are these campaigners who have fought over the years going to accept that things do have to move on,- for the greater good. NHS funding has been in crisis for years and we just cannot afford to demand that we keep everying we've always had and at the same time expect expensive advances in modern healthcare to be implemented and be available to us at our beck and call. People are forever complaining that we lack many of the new treatments available in England. We will never have them if we insist on retaining costly inefficient sentimental buildings which were geared to deliver 19th century healthcare.”