Nurses seek review of ‘unsafe’ hospital

THE Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) yesterday called for an independent review of safety conditions for its members at the 274-bed Kerry General Hospital in Tralee.

INO vice-president Sheila Dickson claimed nurses were “vulnerable” at the hospital, whose consultants last week launched an unprecedented attack on the Health Service Executive (HSE).

Ms Dickson said the INO was asking the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to review the “unsafe” conditions in which some staff were working at Kerry General.