Fine Gael and Labour plan A&E drunk tanks

AGGRESSIVE drunks will be forced out of Accident and Emergency (A&E) and into special “wet rooms” under a €500 million rescue plan for casualty care units to be unveiled by Fine Gael and Labour today.

Fine Gael and Labour plan A&E drunk tanks

The move will also see up to 1,500 community care beds created across the country to end the A&E trolley crisis in two years.

The most controversial aspect of the joint initiative on health is the setting up of “drunk tank” wet rooms where people will be put on mattresses to sleep off the effects of alcohol.

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