Over 60 children left waiting on trolleys this month as healthcare crisis continues
Over 60 children were left waiting on trolleys this month as the healthcare crisis continues in Ireland. New figures highlight the overwhelming need for more hospital beds after 64 children were left waiting overnight for a space in the hospital. The concerning figures were released by the INMO in a bid to raise awareness about […]
3 years ago
A&E nightmare as 500 patients wait on trolleys
More than five hundred patients are stuck on hospital trolleys across Ireland’s overcrowded emergency departments today. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has recommended that Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital, where 58 patients are waiting for beds and one had been languishing on a trolley for 62 hours, go off call because of “unsafe conditions” while […]
11 years ago
Children’s operations postponed due to overcrowding
A number of Irish children have had their scheduled surgeries postponed today due to a bed shortage at Temple Street Children’s Hospital. While a hospital spokesperson confirmed that emergency surgeries will be carried out as necessary, a sharp rise in number of winter-related admissions, especially babies under one with respiratory illnesses, meant the hospital was forced […]
11 years ago