Dalriada fight goes on as last users leave MS unit

Mervyn Hynman from Magherafelt and Coleraine man Francis Hunter left the MS respite unit at Dalriada Hospital yesterday (Thursday) – the last to use the facility.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Nov 2014, 09:52 BST
The last two MS Patients Mervyn Hynman from Magherafelt and Francis Hunter from Coleraine leave Dalriada Hospital for the last time as it closes its doors on the MS Centre today Thursday. PICTURE KEVIN MCAULEY/MCAULEY MULTIMEDIAThe last two MS Patients Mervyn Hynman from Magherafelt and Francis Hunter from Coleraine leave Dalriada Hospital for the last time as it closes its doors on the MS Centre today Thursday. PICTURE KEVIN MCAULEY/MCAULEY MULTIMEDIA
The last two MS Patients Mervyn Hynman from Magherafelt and Francis Hunter from Coleraine leave Dalriada Hospital for the last time as it closes its doors on the MS Centre today Thursday. PICTURE KEVIN MCAULEY/MCAULEY MULTIMEDIA

The news comes despite an eight-week consultation into its future came to an end, with no admissions in the meantime.

Mr Hunter, 55, said last night: “It stinks – it’s horrible the way they can play with people’s lives.”

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