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Wednesday 28 October 2020
The IHCA criticised the latest figures and said the Government had failed to meet its own 2019 targets.
The INMO has called on the HSE to implement five new measures.
The INMO has said that “it’s not hard to join the dots” between delays in staffing and the current trolley crisis.
University Hospital Limerick is worst affected with 75 people on trolleys.
The INMO said today that over 108,300 people have gone without beds so far this year.
The facility topped national charts for patients on trolleys in September.
Why is the HSE doing the same thing repeatedly but expecting to get different results? writes Dr Cathal O’Sullivan
The home care sector is an outdated, bewildering and unfair patchwork of charities, HSE-funded programmes and for-profit carer agencies, writes Dr Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne
Some 68 children were among those waiting without a bed, according to the INMO.
Gladys Cummins was in the geriatric ward of the Mater Hospital for over a day.
The 9,091 figure represents a 12% jump from May 2017, and a massive 116% jump from the situation in 2006.
Yesterday, the INMO said that there were 714 people on trolleys in hospitals across the country.
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.
The Children’s Hospital Group said there has been an increase in young children and infants presenting with the flu and respiratory infections.
Many emergency departments are experiencing very high numbers of patients presenting at hospital.
They can be done and they must be done – we have to believe that, writes hospital consultant Dr Anthony O’Connor.
It’s a hospital overcrowding problem that has been decanted into the Emergency Department, writes Dr Anthony O’Connor.
The Taoiseach apologised for the current crisis today, while Minister Simon Harris called it “unacceptable”.
His last days were prefaced by an extended period of unnecessary suffering in the Emergency Department of his local hospital.
What do doctors and nurses want done to tackle hospital overcrowding and record numbers on trolleys? More beds, for starters.
Some patients will have to wait twice as long to be seen following cancellations due to overcrowding.
A former public sector nurse highlights the challenging working conditions she and her colleagues endured as they cared for patients.
A number of senior staff members have come forward to highlight how it’s done.
Gerry Adams agrees with the sentiment.
I’ve been in this job for 18 months and I can say with absolute certainty that if there was an overnight fix, I would have implemented it on day one, Leo Varadkar writes.
Fianna Fáil says the Health Minister is “observing from a distance” rather than taking action.
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
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