Survey attacks worst A&Es in the country

OUR Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda and the Mater in Dublin have been pinpointed as the hospitals with the country’s two worst accident and emergency (A&E) services in the country.

The two hospitals came last in two patient surveys tables on A&E facilities and waiting times.

The Rate My Hospital study found that Bantry General Hospital and St John’s Hospital in Limerick had the best emergency facilities. They were the only hospitals which were awarded an average of more than four marks by patients and their relatives.