Councillors at Fermanagh and Omagh District Council have voted to bring a legal challenge against the Western Trust in the event of emergency surgery services being withdrawn from the South West Acute Hospital.
While the local health trust maintains that no decision has been made on the future of emergency surgical services at the Co Fermanagh hospital, it says consultant recruitment issues mean it must plan for the loss of the service.
Fears have been expressed that the loss of emergency surgery at the hospital could lead to a further loss of services at the SWAH.
