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Dire' shortage of beds condemned as over 700 patients on trolleys

704 patients were been admitted to hospital without a bed yesterday morning according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. Dr. Mick Molloy, Consultant in emergency medicine and council member of the IMO explained how he was waiting on a hospital bed for three days over the bank holiday weekend. Phil Ni Sheaghdha, General secretary of the INMO – The INMO spoke to Newstalk Breakfast with her reaction to these figures.

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07.00 3 May 2023


Dire' shortage of beds condemned as over 700 patients on trolleys


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704 patients were been admitted to hospital without a bed yesterday morning according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Dr. Mick Molloy, Consultant in emergency medicine and council member of the IMO explained how he was waiting on a hospital bed for three days over the bank holiday weekend.

Phil Ni Sheaghdha, General secretary of the INMO – The INMO spoke to Newstalk Breakfast with her reaction to these figures.


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