Union wants Mater Hospital to go off-call to combat overcrowding

A nurses union is calling for the Mater Hospital in Dublin to go off-call today due to severe overcrowding in the Emergency Department.

A nurses union wants the Mater Hospital in Dublin to go off-call today due to severe overcrowding in the Emergency Department.

The INMO says its figures showed 29 patients on trolleys this morning, but it has since learned there are 45 admitted patients waiting for a bed.