This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM
A local petition demanding reform to mental health services at Emergency Departments is nearing 20 thousand signatures.
The petition was started by the family of city-man Adam Loughnane, who died by suicide in April.
Adam had presented at the ED at UHG in distress and expressing suicidal ideation, but later left without being seen.
A short time later his body was recovered from the River Corrib.
The situation has been raised once again in the Dáil – with Tanaiste Simon Harris acknowledging to Galway East TD Louis O’ Hara that change is needed.
