Rally held to support restoration of emergency surgery in SWAH

Save Our Acute Services (SOAS), the group campaigning for the return of emergency surgery to Enniskillen's South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) has organised a public rally.

Emergency surgery was removed from the hospital on a ‘temporary’ basis in  December 2022.

The rally will be held at Enniskillen Diamond at 3.00pm on Sunday, February 8, in conjunction with a Truck and Tractor run drive-through. 

The group said the rally was the "next step in our escalated efforts to restore full acute services at the hospital".

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Campaign spokesperson Donal O’Cofaigh added: “The rally this Sunday will showcase our  entire community’s determination that the Stormont executive and the Department of  health restore vital emergency services at SWAH. 

“It is vital members of the public to attend and send the strongest possible signal to the  politicians. We will not be treated the second class. We have the right to access life serving  surgery life-saving surgery in an emergency just as like other community in Northern  Ireland," said Mr O’Cofaigh.

Those wishing to participate in the Truck and Tractor run are asked to collect at  the agricultural market in Enniskillen at 2.30pm.