The Minister for Health Simon Harris has pledged to open 190 beds in an effort to ease the current overcrowding crisis at the nations hospitals.
Speaking before an Oireachtas Committee on health, Harris said the National Treatment Purchase Fund is working with hospital management teams to address the current crisis.
He also revealed that 83 beds will be opened at Letterkenny University Hospital, the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, University Hospital Limerick, Waterford University Hospital, Cork University Hospital, and the Children’s hospitals in Dublin.
