Nurses plan work stoppage due to overcrowding

NURSES at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital plan a work stoppage at lunchtime this Friday over the manner in which the HSE is dealing with overcrowding at the &emergency department.

The work stoppage will take place from 12.30pm to 2pm.

A spokesman for the HSE said it was being kept in the dark about the proposed action and could not say how it will affect the running of the hospital.