Flu epidemic could derail health service

As a record 656 patients waited for a hospital bed yesterday, nurses warned that the health service could buckle under pressure from the flu epidemic.

Flu epidemic could derail health service
Wed, 03 Jan, 2018 - 00:00
Evelyn Ring

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said 460 admitted patients waited on trolleys in emergency departments and 196 waited on wards.

It is the highest figure recorded by the INMO.

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