On The Rumored Closure Of Duhallow Hospitals Poem by Francis Duggan

In economic hard times when governments go for the cutback
It is always services to the most disadvantaged come under attack
In Duhallow it is rumored that the hospitals in Kanturk and Millstreet Town
May well become victims of a government close down

On services to the rural communities not seen to be paying their way
For government mismanagement of the past it is always the less privileged must pay
In cutbacks on pensions or funding the have nots always lose out
This is what economic rationalization seems to be all about

In economic hard times the government's economic ax on the less privileged fall
The privileged any loss of status seldom suffer at all
A saving to government coffers to many becomes a financial loss
In hard times the have nots must shoulder the cross

If Millstreet and Kanturk lose their hospitals that will be a great shame
Since for Ireland's woes their staff and patients surely not to blame
Bankers, bureaucrats and politicians from cost cutting immune
Such people never in any way burdened by National Economic Ruin

That the Millstreet and Kanturk Hospitals are to close is a rumor lets hope that's how it remain
For if closure comes about they may not open again
The economic woes of a country to the privileged never come at a cost
And Duhallow and it's people will be the losers if their hospitals to cutbacks are lost.