Nurses: Overcrowding reaching crisis point in Galway Hospital

Nurses say overcrowding in the emergency department at University College Hospital Galway is reaching crisis point.

Thu, 01 Sep, 2011 - 19:27

Nurses say overcrowding in the emergency department at University College Hospital Galway is reaching crisis point.

The INMO union said 48 patients were waiting on trollies this morning and claimed management at UCHG had started moving trollies into already-full wards.

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