INMO protests closure of three Dublin nursing homes amid Covid crisis

INMO protests closure of three Dublin nursing homes amid Covid crisis
Sermen de la Vega & her daughter Danielle De La vega both from the city centre during a protest at St. Monica’s Nursing Home. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

The INMO took part in lunchtime protest outside of St Monica's Nursing Home in Dublin today at 1pm, to highlight the planned closure of three former Sisters of Charity facilities, which will result in over 200 staff redundancies and the loss of 160 beds from the healthcare system. 

Caritas Convalescent Centre has 54 short-stay convalescent post-surgery beds, St Monica's has 46 nursing home beds, and St Mary’s Telford has 58 beds nursing home beds and a disability centre.

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