A PROTEST organised by the ‘Save Withybush’ Facebook page is expected to start today, Wednesday Feb 23, at 11am.
Under plans unveiled by Hywel Dda, Withybush would be ‘repurposed’ into a community hospital with a 24/7 urgent care centre led by GPs which would only be capable of dealing with minor injuries like upper body injuries, infections, head injuries, illnesses, animal or insect bites, some broken bones, minor burns and eye injuries.
Jaqueline Doig, of ‘Save Withybush’, a group who have also created a petition to get the ‘repurposing’ discussed in The Senedd, said: “Moving care out of county puts adults & children at risk of poor outcomes or even death. It wastes crucial time, when time is not on our side.”
“[Hywel Dda University Health Board] may infer that the “Golden Hour” is no longer relevant, with better equipped ambulances & higher trained staff, but that is dependent on an ambulance being available to help & give that immediate care.
“That is increasingly not the case, as ambulances fail to attend, as they are being sent out of county, unable to offload and unable to return to county, to give the help needed.”
“We have lost faith & trust in HDUHB and do not believe that they are working in the best interests of Pembrokeshire.”
To show your support, you can attend the protest taking place outside of Withybush General Hospital today.
