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BREAKING: 21 patients on trolleys at St Luke’s as talks to avert nurses’ strike fail

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2019 0

OVERCROWDING figures at St Luke’s General Hospital rose significantly today as patients across the country braced themselves for tomorrow’s nurses’ strike. A total of 21 patients at St Luke’s were treated on trolleys at the hospital today, almost double the 11 recorded by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) less than a week ago […]

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REVEALED: How nurses’ strike will affect hospital services for Kilkenny patients

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2019 0

PATIENT services at St Luke’s General Hospital will be severely affected on Wednesday when the first of six planned 24-hour nurses’ strikes gets underway. The strike action now seems certain to go ahead following the breakdown of talks at the Workplace Relations Commission yesterday. The Health Services Executive (HSE) has warned of widespread closures and restrictions

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BREAKING: Number of patients on trolleys at St Luke’s quadruples as hospital overcrowding levels soar

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

THE number of patients left languishing on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital has more than quadrupled in the space of just four days, KilkennyNow.ie can reveal. Latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) trolley ward watch reveal 46 patients at our local hospital were forced to wait for a bed today […]

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11 treated on trolleys at St Luke’s as hospital overcrowding levels soar across country

By Kilkenny Now 14th January 2019 0

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. […]

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Hospital patients face disruption as nurses announce six days of strike action

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2019 0

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 […]

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21 patients treated on trolleys at St Luke’s as Minister warns swine flu ‘has arrived’

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2019 0

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 […]