Operations cancelled as doctors work-to-rule

All non-emergency surgery was cancelled at one of Ireland’s biggest hospitals today as industrial action by junior doctors got underway.

Operations cancelled as doctors work-to-rule
Thu, 08 Aug, 2002 - 10:25

All non-emergency surgery was cancelled at one of Ireland’s biggest hospitals today as industrial action by junior doctors got underway.

Some 130 non-consultant doctors began a work-to-rule protest at Waterford Regional Hospital in a dispute over rosters and complaints about cutbacks.

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