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Surge in number of patients on trolleys at St Luke’s Hospital: INMO

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2019 0

A TOTAL of 324 patients were treated on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital last month, new figures reveal. There was an increase of almost 10% increase in the level of overcrowding at our local hospital in March when compared to the previous month, when 288 patients were treated on trolleys. New figures published by […]

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Overcrowding at St Luke’s reaches crisis point as 27 treated on trolleys: INMO

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2019 0

OVERCROWDING at St Luke’s General Hospital has reached crisis point as it emerged no fewer than 27 patients were left languishing on trolleys at our local hospital yesterday. A total of 13 people were treated on trolleys in the emergency department, while a further 14 patients were left waiting for a bed in wards throughout […]

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18 patients on trolleys at St Luke’s following busy bank holiday weekend

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2019 0

EIGHTEEN local patients being treated on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital yesterday following a busy bank holiday weekend for nurses and medical staff. This is one fewer than the 19 patients who were left waiting for a bed at St Luke’s last Friday, according to latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation […]

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Overcrowding at St Luke’s Hospital among highest in country: INMO figures

By Kilkenny Now 1st March 2019 0

THE number of patients left languishing on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital rose to 24 yesterday – one of the highest levels of overcrowding in the country. An increasing number of patients are being left without a bed across the country amid fears of a new influx of flu cases. Nationally, a total of […]

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Kilkenny’s nurses meet to discuss Government pay offer

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2019 0

NURSES have been meeting in Kilkenny to discuss the Government’s pay offer. Nurses and midwives met in the Newpark Hotel and their union, the INMO, said there will be further meetings in the county and across the South East before a vote on the offer which will be held between March 11 and 25. Meetings have […]

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Kilkenny hospital services operating as usual as nurses call off three-day strike

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2019 0

HOSPITAL services in Kilkenny will resume as normal this morning after a dramatic eleventh-hour breakthrough in talks put the brakes on a three-day national nurses’ strike. Nurses in Kilkenny were due to return to the picket line outside St Luke’s General Hospital and Kilcreene hospital from this morning, which threatened to cripple patient services. However, […]

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NURSES’ STRIKE, DAY 3: Kilkenny TD says Government must ‘meet nurses halfway’

By Kilkenny Now 7th February 2019 0

KILKENNY patients have been urged to stay away from local hospitals again today as day three of the nurses’ ongoing strike over pay and conditions gets underway. Nurses will return to the picket lines at St Luke’s General Hospital and Kilcreene hospital from 8.30am amid mounting calls for a resolution in the dispute that has […]

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Nurses return to the picket line: how today’s strike will affect Kilkenny patients

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2019 0

PATIENTS are being urged to stay away from St Luke’s General Hospital unless in emergency cases as the second 24-hour nurses’ strike in a week gets underway this morning. The Health Services Executive (HSE) believes up to 50,000 people will be affected by today’s strike. This is effectively double the number that were directly impacted […]

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Kilkenny patients face more disruption this week as nurses escalate strike action

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2019 0

PATIENT services at St Luke’s General Hospital will be severely curtailed again this week when striking nurses return to the picket line tomorrow and Thursday. And our ailing health services’ winter of discontent looks set to continue after the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) confirmed a major escalation in its dispute with the Government […]

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Huge support for Kilkenny nurses as they take to the picket line

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2019 0

KILKENNY patients have been urged to stay away from our hospitals except in the case of emergencies as the nationwide nurses’ strike impacts in services. Nurses took to the picket line outside St Luke’s General Hospital and Kilkcreene hospital from 8am this morning. Local members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) brazed bitterly […]