Absenteeism in the HSE amounts to 10 days per worker in one year

I am reading about the extent of absenteeism in the Health Service Executive. A million days were lost during 2014, which averages 10 days for every employee.

We must be the sickest nation in the world, or do we have a workforce that is skilled in dishonesty?

Team-work is essential, especially in the public service, and this high rate of absenteeism must have increased the risk of mistakes.