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03/01/2017
Hospital Overcrowding Reaches Record Levels - INMO
New figures have revealed there were over 600 patients admitted for care on trolleys in hospitals today, 03 January.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said the record figure (612) comes as the organisation confirms there were 93,621 admitted patients on trolleys during 2016.
The INMO said the figure was 'entirely predictable' and must be compared to a figure of 495 In March 2006, which was declared a 'national emergency'.
INMO General Secretary Liam Doran said that the 612 patients who were admitted for care but who whom there is no bed is a "truly shocking figure".
"The compromising of care, not to mention the loss of privacy and dignity, cannot go unchallenged and must be acknowledged and addressed by health management," he said.
"Our genuine fear is, based upon a number of factors including the incidence of influenza and closed beds due to staff shortages, that, in the coming days, the situation may deteriorate still further. An emergency response is now required and this must be forthcoming, from health management, immediately."
(LM)
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said the record figure (612) comes as the organisation confirms there were 93,621 admitted patients on trolleys during 2016.
The INMO said the figure was 'entirely predictable' and must be compared to a figure of 495 In March 2006, which was declared a 'national emergency'.
INMO General Secretary Liam Doran said that the 612 patients who were admitted for care but who whom there is no bed is a "truly shocking figure".
"The compromising of care, not to mention the loss of privacy and dignity, cannot go unchallenged and must be acknowledged and addressed by health management," he said.
"Our genuine fear is, based upon a number of factors including the incidence of influenza and closed beds due to staff shortages, that, in the coming days, the situation may deteriorate still further. An emergency response is now required and this must be forthcoming, from health management, immediately."
(LM)
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