We take a closer look at the issues in emergency medicine here and discuss what can be done to fix them with Dr. Chris Luke, Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Public Health at UCC, and Emily O’Connor, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Connolly Hospital.

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