Ex-health chairman ‘ashamed’ of hospital

THE wife of a former mid- western health board chairman was left on a trolley for 24 hours after being admitted with a stroke.

Jack Bourke, also an ex-mayor of Limerick, said he was ashamed at the way the public was being dealt with at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital.

He also admitted to being embarrassed to see his name on plaques in the hospital building. Nurses at the hospital have compared healthcare at the hospital to “Fawlty Towers”.