Limerick ward in ‘treacherous’ state

NURSES at a second maternity hospital have warned that the health of mothers and babies is at serious risk because of a staffing crisis.

Just one week after the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) highlighted unsafe conditions in the maternity unit at Wexford General Hospital, it has emerged that a similar situation exists in the Mid West Regional Hospital in Limerick.

Yesterday INO industrial relations officer Edward Mathews said staffing levels were so inadequate that safe care could not be provided to mothers and babies throughout the hospital.