Nurses call emergency meeting on overcrowding

FIVE years after a review of staff numbers was carried out at Kerry General Hospital (KGH) at a cost of more than €12,000 to the taxpayer, a second audit is to take place.

This comes as nursing staff prepare to hold an emergency meeting because of continuing staff shortages. The Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) has warned patient care will be comprised at the hospital unless services are curtailed.

Yesterday the INO said staff shortages were “so acute that they pose a daily challenge to our members in their efforts to deliver a safe and appropriate level of care to the patients in their charge.”