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.

Patient forced to wait three days to see doctor

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’’.

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