Vardakar says patients 'deserve much better' while Harris assures action is being taken on overcrowding

Hospital overcrowding would have been solved “a long time ago” if it was down to more beds, more staff and more money, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil.

Vardakar says patients 'deserve much better' while Harris assures action is being taken on overcrowding
Tue, 01 Oct, 2019 - 18:52
Elaine Loughlin

Additional reporting by Evelyn Ring

Hospital overcrowding would have been solved “a long time ago” if it was down to more beds, more staff and more money, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil.

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CourtsHospital overcrowdingPlace: DublinPlace: BrureePlace: LimerickPerson: VardakarPerson: HarrisPerson: TaoiseachPerson: Leo VaradkarPerson: Taoiseach Leo VaradkarPerson: VaradkarPerson: Phil Ní SheaghdhaPerson: Alona TroyPerson: TroyPerson: Minister for HealthPerson: Simon HarrisPerson: DrPerson: Donal O'HanlonOrganisation: DáilOrganisation: Evelyn Ring HospitalOrganisation: Irish Nurses and Midwives OrganisationOrganisation: INMOOrganisation: University Hospital LimerickOrganisation: Cork University HospitalOrganisation: Mater HospitalOrganisation: HSEOrganisation: Irish Hospital Consultants Association
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