'Oppressive overcrowding' in hospitals as RSV, covid and flu infections peak

INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha says overcrowding makes it harder to treat flu patients.

HSE decision-makers must act immediately to address the overcrowding which is challenging hospitals around the country, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said.

Oppressive overcrowding is no longer something that is confined to one or two hospitals, INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said.