Person: Teresa Hanrahan

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Demands for investigation as blackout leaves hospital without power

A REVIEW of emergency power systems at Wexford General Hospital was demanded yesterday after its back-up generator failed during an ESB blackout.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2005

Patients wait on trolleys as 10-bed unit lies empty

PATIENTS have been forced to wait for treatment on trolleys in a busy general hospital while its recently built geriatric unit lies idle due to staff shortages.

Tue, 27 Apr, 2004

Patients turned away at A&E due to escalating beds' crisis

CHRONIC weekend overcrowding at a Wexford A&E unit led to patients being turned away, forcing them into an 80 mile round trip for treatment.

Wed, 14 Apr, 2004

Official red tape hits A&E hospital services

ANGER spilled over in Wexford and Galway yesterday over bureaucratic decisions that have put the operation of a hospital’s casualty service in doubt and restricted the care choices available to pregnant women.

Tue, 13 May, 2003