Government urged to re-open 1,300 beds to end hospital trolley crisis

The failures at Tallaght Hospital are destined to be repeated across the country unless the Government rows back on its belief that opening more beds is not financially possible.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) made the prediction after a damning probe by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa).

The year-long report was drawn up after a 65-year-old man died in the facility’s emergency department in March last year, resulting in a leading coroner describing the unit as “a dangerous place for anybody”.