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# HOSPITAL CRISIS

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# HOSPITAL CRISIS
'The system remains under pressure': HSE continues to advise staying away from hospitals with flu symptoms
University Hospital Kerry will be cancelling all elective surgery for this week due to high patient numbers.
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Jan 7th 2020, 11:10 AM
# Trolley crisis
The government vowed to stop it, but 10,000 elderly people had to wait in A&E for more than a day
The HSE’s Service Plan for 2017 set a target that anyone aged 75 years and over entering an ED would be discharged or admitted within 24 hours.
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Jan 19th 2018, 12:05 AM
# what's the big idea?
More beds and help from the private sector: How the HSE plans on beating overcrowding
Outbreaks of flu and the vomiting bug have put added pressure on the health service.
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Jan 5th 2017, 9:10 PM
# HOSPITAL CRISIS
"A poor example": Varadkar heavily criticises Martin over emergency department crisis
The Health Minister said no one wants to sort out the overcrowding crisis more than he does.
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Jan 14th 2015, 9:45 PM
# HOSPITAL CRISIS
'Elderly patients are being kept on trolleys for days'
Nurses brought their anger at overcrowding to the gates of the Dáil today.
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Jan 14th 2015, 6:23 PM
# HOSPITAL CRISIS
There are 401 people on trolleys today
The figure peaked at more than 600 on Tuesday.
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Jan 9th 2015, 2:35 PM