Doctor warns diabetes services for children at hospital lack staff and resources

Regional Hospital Mullingar’s paediatric diabetics services has previously closed for several months three years ago due to staff shortages and a lack of resources. File picture: James Flynn/APX

The head of paediatric diabetes services in Regional Hospital Mullingar has written to the parents of patients, warning them of a chronic staffing crisis and lack of resources for services.

In the letter, Professor Michael O’Grady told parents that the service in Mullingar is “once again without any nursing support” and that “we have lost more than a years’ progress in under six months because of under-resourcing”.