Patient forced to wait three days to see doctor

AN ailing patient at Leas Cross waited three days to see a doctor because a staff member claimed difficulty in contacting one, a damning report on the disgraced nursing home reveals.

The report into the mistreatment of elderly residents at the home shows they were let down at all levels — from the nursing home owner to their nursing and care staff to health service management.

The report of Professor Des O’Neill, a consultant geriatrician at Tallaght Hospital, concludes care of the patients at the nursing home was “deficient at many levels” and amounted to “institutional abuse’’.