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AN AIR CANADA jet made an unscheduled landing at Shannon Airport this morning after a passenger was taken ill on board.
The Boeing 777 was en-route from Frankfurt to Toronto when the decision was made to turn back and seek medical help in Ireland.
The plane touched down at 11.20am.
The passenger was taken immediately to the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick for treatment.
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The poor person ended up in an Irish hospital. Hope their ok.
Might have been quicker flying to Canada to be seen.
by the time he is seen to he could have gone to America
should be ok Niall as long as they are not pregnant
they are = ‘they’re’, not ‘their’, FFS.
Get well soon.
Cian you got comment of the week this week now give someone else a go!! Lol :) it was a great comment though!! :) lol
Hah… it aint about the thumbs.
I am sure this person will be seen by a doctor on arrival and wont have to wait on a trolly like the rest of us, God forbid the world finds out what Irish hospitals are really like.
People are triaged, if this person is having a heart attack or something serious of course they deserve to be seen first. I doubt they’d land of it wasn’t serious
In all fairness for the plane to make an unscheduled stop the person must have been in a bad way. If they had or were having a heart attack let’s say they would be seen immediately in any Irish hospital and the same goes for any Irish person presenting themselves at an Irish hospital with life threatening symptoms.
Taken to a hospital in Ireland; God help him.
Hope der ok, but wud hav been seen quicker if dey stayed going and landed and went hospital there!!
Good Christ where did you learn to spell?
You utterly pathetic bunch of f-ing whingers. This person will be looked after well. No medical system in the world is perfection. Any chance to slag off Ireland. I’m sorry you had a bad experience in an Irish hospital. They are demand led. You want better services? Pay more. Grow up and read more widely.
whats wrong with irish hospitals
Have you ever ended up in a public hospital in Ireland? One time I was waiting 6 hours to get an X-Ray. I was waiting 2 years because the hospital had no person to use a machine they needed to use on me. I was brought in to the room and shown the machine 2 years earlier and told that they had no one to use it.
Niall, you are totally specially pleading your own case. If you , as an individual , had a specific misfortune , it does not mean it applies to everybody. Get real
Are you telling me I’m the only person in Ireland who’s had difficulty in a public hospital here?
Rory you must only comment on comments and never actually read stuff either on the Journal or anywhere else. Oh and you must not listen or watch the news either!. Now that I think of it you must be living under a rock or something.>>>
If you ever have the misfortune to end up on a trolly for 18 hours I think your opinion may change. The system is broken and getting broker unfortunately.
Woman who had a heart attack left waiting 9 hours only recently.
i hope there is a spare trolly in a and e
Nitpick – its been called University Hospital Limerick for the last two years.
I’m in stiches ha did they bring their own trolley ye mite,need a six month visa
he would have made it home to Canada before he s seen in ED dept
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