‘Conditions better in field hospitals than in A&E’

A FORMER defence minister said he had witnessed better conditions in military field hospitals than those patients endure & at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.

Willie O’Dea made the comment following an unannounced visit to the hospital’s A&E yesterday.

He was accompanied by fellow Fianna Fáil TDs, Niall Collins and Timmy Dooley.