Nurses stage four-hour work stoppage over ‘unsafe’ A&E

NURSES in Limerick yesterday staged a four-hour work stoppage against “unsafe” overcrowding in the &Mid-West Regional Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED).

Nurses stage four-hour work stoppage over ‘unsafe’ A&E

They warned that admissions over the past two years had spiralled to more than 150 a day, from fewer than 100, without any extra nurses deployed.

Up to 100 acute beds in Limerick, Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s have closed under the reconfiguration of emergency care services which led to ED care being concentrated on the Mid-West Regional.

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