Hospitals need to double number of critical care beds, IMO warns 

Hospitals need to double number of critical care beds, IMO warns 

The Irish Medical Organisation said next month’s budget must mark the start of an era of substantial and ongoing funding for health services.

Doctors are seeking a doubling of critical care beds in hospitals, claiming decades of underinvestment had left the health service on the brink of collapse during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) said next month’s budget must mark the start of an era of substantial and ongoing funding for health services.

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