HIQA orders hospital to stop putting patients on trolleys near A&E

Nurses have welcomed an order stopping Tallaght Hospital from putting patients awaiting admission on trolleys near the Emergency Department.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2011 - 16:59

Nurses have welcomed an order stopping Tallaght Hospital from putting patients awaiting admission on trolleys near the Emergency Department.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said the move by the health watchdog HIQA "confirms and vindicates concerns about unsafe levels of overcrowding".

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