Emergency measures set to tackle hospital overcrowding

Emergency measures are to be put in place at Cork University Hospital and Mercy Hospital to tackle overcrowding following crisis talks between the HSE and nurses’ representatives.

Yesterday’s summit between the South/South West Hospital Group (SSWHG) and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) came after the latter had declared last Friday as the worst day on record for patients on trolleys in CUH, and called for emergency measures to stem the influx of people presenting at the hospitals.