Nursing homes & cross border deals can help alleviate trolley crisis in North West
As the overcrowding problem continues in hospitals throughout the country, there are 18 beds available in seven nursing homes in County Donegal that could be used to ease the crisis. That’s according to a survey carried out two days ago by Nursing Homes Ireland, the umbrella body for the country’s…
INMO official claims overcrowding figures are worse than figures show
An INMO official claims the overcrowding situation in some hospitals is actually worse than the union’s Trolley Watch figures suggest. INMO Industrial Relations Officer Maura Hickey told Ocean FM this afternoon the truth is not being told about the real picture in hospitals when it comes to lack of beds…
UHL guidelines being ignored by public says INMO representative
The public are ignoring guidelines from University Hospital Letterkenny and it is contributing greatly to overcrowding. That’s the view of Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation representative for the north west Maura Hickey. The hospital has been overcrowded on a number of occasions in the past two weeks, reaching a high…