Doctor: A&E abuse will come back to haunt us

A leading doctor has warned the Government that future generations will accuse it of ignoring A&E overcrowding “abuse” in the same way as “clerical sex abuse, the Tuam babies and Magdalene Laundry scandals” unless they immediately tackle the crisis.

Doctor: A&E abuse will come back to haunt us

Tallaght hospital emergency consultant Dr James Gray made the claim in a letter to Health Minister Simon Harris.

In the letter, the medic said the situation at his facility is worse now than when a high-profile emergency investigation was launched in 2011.

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