Hospital crisis - Industrial action can be averted

The prospect of industrial action by the country’s hospital consultants loomed with the eight-to-one majority decision yesterday by members of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) in favour of action.

Hospital crisis - Industrial action can be averted

Almost inevitably, their colleagues in the Irish Hospital Consultant Association (IHCA) will follow suit in a ballot of members over the next two weeks, which looks likely to eventuate after their emergency general meeting tomorrow.

A complicated issue became even more so when late yesterday afternoon the British-based Medical Defence Union (MDU), a critical party, withdrew from negotiations with the Government.

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