Hospital’s €15m extension lies idle as HSE faces dispute over staffing

A €15m extension at Ennis General Hospital lies idle today over a dispute concerning staffing levels between the HSE and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

The 50-bed extension was announced following a damning Health Information and Quality Authority report in 2009.

In June of this year, the chief executive of the Midwest Hospital Group, Ann Doherty, told the HSE West Forum that the target date for the phased opening of the hospital was the first week in July.