Hospital EDs 'operating beyond safe limits' with situation likely to worsen during winter months

Just seven hospitals nationwide had no patients waiting on a bed this morning. File Picture

Emergency departments (EDs) at Ireland's hospitals are "operating beyond safe limits" and are likely to deteriorate further during the winter months, according to the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO).

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and member of the IMO Consultant Committee, Dr Peadar Gilligan says there is a "worsening crisis in healthcare" which is now manifesting in the EDs of public hospitals.