Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Experts drafted in to tackle A&E chaos
By Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent
Saturday January 15 2011
A TEAM of experts has been drafted in to sort out hospitals where A&E overcrowding and trolley gridlock is worst, it emerged yesterday.
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Yesterday, there was little respite in the trolley crisis with 425 patients waiting, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. There were 25 people waiting in Beaumont, 12 in Limerick Regional and 14 in Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda.
The Drogheda hospital has had to cope with high numbers despite putting all non-emergency operations on hold for January.
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Meanwhile, Waterford Regional Hospital announced yesterday it was putting a "complete ban" on visiting due to the increase in flu-like illnesses, and it also confirmed cases of the winter vomiting bug.
Strict visitor restrictions have been introduced at Cork University Hospital to prevent further spread of swine flu.
Nearly one in three swine flu patients who are seriously ill in hospital intensive care units had no previous health problems, it has emerged.
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http://www.independent.ie/national-news/experts-drafted-in-to-tackle-ae-chaos-2497232.html
By Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent
Saturday January 15 2011
A TEAM of experts has been drafted in to sort out hospitals where A&E overcrowding and trolley gridlock is worst, it emerged yesterday.
...
Yesterday, there was little respite in the trolley crisis with 425 patients waiting, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. There were 25 people waiting in Beaumont, 12 in Limerick Regional and 14 in Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda.
The Drogheda hospital has had to cope with high numbers despite putting all non-emergency operations on hold for January.
...
Meanwhile, Waterford Regional Hospital announced yesterday it was putting a "complete ban" on visiting due to the increase in flu-like illnesses, and it also confirmed cases of the winter vomiting bug.
Strict visitor restrictions have been introduced at Cork University Hospital to prevent further spread of swine flu.
Nearly one in three swine flu patients who are seriously ill in hospital intensive care units had no previous health problems, it has emerged.
...
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/experts-drafted-in-to-tackle-ae-chaos-2497232.html