A&Es ‘are not preprared’ for ebola

Serious safety concerns about hospitals being able to manage ebola infection risks have been raised by the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine.

The IAEM says it is not reassured by Department of Health or HSE claims of “full preparedness”.

It wants the chief medical officer at the Department of Health, Dr Tony Holohan, and the HSE’s acting national director of emergency planning, Gavin Maguire, to urgently visit EDs and see the “intolerable levels” of overcrowding.