A&E departments being used as 'warehouses for patients' says leading consultant

A leading consultant in emergency medicine has said hospitals are using emergency departments as warehouses for patients.

A&E departments being used as 'warehouses for patients' says leading consultant

A leading consultant in emergency medicine has said hospitals are using emergency departments as warehouses for patients.

Dr Fergal Hickey from Sligo University Hospital has said overcrowding is unacceptably bad.

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