Nationally, 471 patients were on hospital trolleys in emergency departments and on wards — the highest over the last two months. Industrial relations officer with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Patsy Doyle, described the emergency department at the UHL as dangerous. “The clinical needs of the patients are not being met and every area of the emergency department is over-subscribed,” she said. (Examiner) >
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