Figures just released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization (INMO) show that there are almost 500 people waiting to be admitted to hospital today, with most of these languishing on trolleys. According to the …
It is the shameful scourge that never goes away, a blight created by the outgoing government’s long-term neglect of the health system. Today, 419 people are waiting for a hospital bed across the country, the …
A recent inspection carried by the Health Information and Quality Authority at the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street Dublin that the hospital is currently overcrowded and has very poor hygiene. The findings released in …
The Government’s inability/unwillingness to properly address the overcrowding crisis continues to haunt them today. It has been revealed that 400 people are currently languishing on trolleys across several medical facilities nationwide, waiting for a bed. …
Management at one of the country’s biggest hospitals have issued a notice warning people not to attend its Emergency Department unless absolutely necessary. The overcrowding crisis at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital has become so bad that …
The ongoing overcrowding crisis at Irish hospitals continues unabated. Yesterday, the Mater Hospital in Dublin advised people to stay away from its A&E department due to overcrowding. Today, Cork University Hospital has cancelled all non-urgent …
Hospital sources have advised people to stay away from the Mater’s A&E dept. due to severe overcrowding. Wherever possible, the public should attend their GP first, or alternatively, the Rapid Injury Clinic in Smithfield. In …
Nurses have decided to defer Thursday’s strike so a ballot can be held on revised proposals. The proposals on how to combat overcrowding in hospitals were agreed with the INMO this morning after 19 hours of …
Nurses across several medical facilities have served notice of industrial action due to the HSE’s inaction in relation to chronic overcrowding. With levels of overcrowding worsening on a daily basis, nurses will initiate 2-hour work …
The current overcrowding crisis at one of the country’s largest hospitals, the Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, has seemingly worsened overnight with staff at the hospital calling on the HSE to take it off call. According …
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