Nurses worked 25 hours at weekend with four hours rest

THEATRE nurses at Limerick Regional Hospital, who have been accused of time-wasting by the Health Service Executive Mid-Western Area, yesterday went public on the huge demands of their work.

Nurses worked 25 hours at weekend with four hours rest

Four theatre nurses gave a detailed account of their roster last weekend during which they worked 25 hours, getting just over four hours rest.

One of the four, Anne Fitzgibbon, said: “This would not be untypical of a weekend roster.”

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