ELEVEN patients were treated on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital today as overcrowding in hospitals across the country peaked to its highest levels so far this year. A total of 606 people nationwide were left waiting for hospital beds, according to latest figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch. […]
HOSPITAL patients in Kilkenny face the threat of disruption as more than 40,000 nurses across the country are set to go on strike. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation today announced a series of six stoppages, beginning at the end of this month, unless the Government agrees to pay rises. Nurses threatened to strike on […]
TWENTY-ONE patients were being treated on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital today as Health Minister Simon Harris warned swine flu “has now arrived” in the country. Hospitals across the country had enjoyed a relatively quiet festive period in terms of overcrowding in emergency departments and wards. However, the number of patients left languishing on […]