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Over 711 patients, including 23 children, are being treated on trolleys, chairs or in other inappropriate spaces today according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
INMO Assistant Director of Industrial Relations for the West and North West Colm Porter said:
Hospital overcrowding has been particularly problematic on the west coast and midwest for quite some time. Today over 59% of patients on trolleys are in a hospital along the western seaboard. We need to see a serious attempt to de-escalate the chronic level of overcrowding in all hospitals in the west and north-west. The HSE must use all tools and capacity available to them immediately. This level of overcrowding coupled with unsafe nurse staffing is creating an incredibly dangerous situation for our members and the patients they want to treat in a safe and timely manner.
Hospital overcrowding has been particularly problematic on the west coast and midwest for quite some time. Today over 59% of patients on trolleys are in a hospital along the western seaboard.
We need to see a serious attempt to de-escalate the chronic level of overcrowding in all hospitals in the west and north-west. The HSE must use all tools and capacity available to them immediately.
This level of overcrowding coupled with unsafe nurse staffing is creating an incredibly dangerous situation for our members and the patients they want to treat in a safe and timely manner.