Union's warning on medical cards 'extradordinary'
A warning from a trade union over difficulties with the roll-out of 200,000 doctor-only medical cards was today branded extraordinary by health service employers.
After a recent agreement with the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) paved the way for the introduction of the scheme, Gerard Barry from the Health Service Executive Employers Agency, said it beggared belief that the trade union IMPACT had now come forward with problems over clerical staff.