Tory medical cover crisis deepens as transport mix-up means doctor missed today’s visit

It’s emerged that Tory Island did not receive a doctor today because of a mix up over transport which left the doctor waiting for a helicopter which had been cancelled.

It comes as the island is set to be without a nurse for two weeks because a nurse due on the island from today is ill, and no replacement is available.

Marjorie Carroll is manager of the Tory Co-op. On today’s Nine til Noon Show, she said this feeds into a sense on the island that they are effectively on their own………

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