INMO calls for hospital to be taken off call to deal with 'extremely dangerous' overcrowding

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is calling for disaster protocol to be invoked at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, due to severe overcrowding.

INMO calls for hospital to be taken off call to deal with 'extremely dangerous' overcrowding
Tue, 11 Mar, 2014 - 09:53

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is calling for disaster protocol to be invoked at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, due to severe overcrowding.

The INMO says there are 57 people waiting for an in-patient bed.

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