Residents in a local town have raised serious concerns that they could be left without a GP service from next month. It comes as the current GP in Williamstown announced recently that he would be moving from the area. A public meeting in the town this week heard a HSE recruitment campaign has so far failed to attract a replacement locum doctor.
Residents in the County Galway town now fear they will be left to rely on the out of hours WestDoc service. A committee has been set up as efforts intensify to secure services in the local health centre. Speaking to Shannonside News, local resident and committee member John Brennan said the situation was extremely serious: