Critical risk rating at Waterford University Hospital as psychiatric patient left in corridor for six days

A female psychiatric patient was left for six days on a bed in a corridor in Waterford University Hospital, a new report claims.
Critical risk rating at Waterford University Hospital as psychiatric patient left in corridor for six days

An inspection report by the Mental Health Commission (MHC) found the 44-bed Department of Psychiatry in the hospital had a risk rating of “critical” in respect of five areas of compliance.

On the first day of inspection last May, the team noted a serious incident where two female residents were accommodated in beds on the corridor of the acute area of the ward.

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