Nurses strike over staffing and security

A FOUR-HOUR strike by nurses in the psychiatric unit at Tralee General Hospital yesterday did not disrupt services to patients and no patients were sent home, the Southern Health Board said.

Thirty members of the Psychiatric Nurses’ Association took the industrial action on health and safety issues, but nurses in the unit who are members of SIPTU were not involved in the dispute.

PNA general secretary Des Kavanagh said the essential basic needs of patients in regard to meals and medical care were taken care of.