Menu
04/12/2009
Meeting Called Over Mullingar Hospital Overcrowding
An emergency meeting has been called over the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar being taken 'off-call'.
The hospital remains off-call as overcrowding in the Accident & Emergency Department reaches chronic levels. According to reports this morning, the A&E unit has been refusing patients from the ambulance service since lunchtime yesterday due to the overcrowding.
Consultants and senior clinicians at the hospital will meet the Health Service Executive today to urgently discuss the issue.
The HSE are expected to be asked to take emergency steps to provide additional beds. The hospital is open but a senior clinician has described conditions there this week as 'dangerous'.
Last night the HSE strongly denied claims that more than 40 beds had been left unused at the hospital due to recent cutbacks.
Responding to the news of the closure the Labour Party's spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment Willie Penrose the fact that the hospital was taken off call now means that people who need urgent treatment will have to be brought for their treatment to other hospitals in the region.
"This situation was all-too predictable and as recently as 12 November, during an adjournment debate in the Dail, I pointed out that in the light of the closure of 41 acute beds in Mullingar that this outcome was inevitable," he Mr Penrose said.
He added: "Unfortunately my predictions have proven to be correct, and as a result, people in Longford and Westmeath who need to be admitted to hospital will have nowhere local to go. This is outrageous and the HSE and this Government are treating the citizens of Longford-Westmeath as second-class citizens."
(DW/BMcc)
The hospital remains off-call as overcrowding in the Accident & Emergency Department reaches chronic levels. According to reports this morning, the A&E unit has been refusing patients from the ambulance service since lunchtime yesterday due to the overcrowding.
Consultants and senior clinicians at the hospital will meet the Health Service Executive today to urgently discuss the issue.
The HSE are expected to be asked to take emergency steps to provide additional beds. The hospital is open but a senior clinician has described conditions there this week as 'dangerous'.
Last night the HSE strongly denied claims that more than 40 beds had been left unused at the hospital due to recent cutbacks.
Responding to the news of the closure the Labour Party's spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment Willie Penrose the fact that the hospital was taken off call now means that people who need urgent treatment will have to be brought for their treatment to other hospitals in the region.
"This situation was all-too predictable and as recently as 12 November, during an adjournment debate in the Dail, I pointed out that in the light of the closure of 41 acute beds in Mullingar that this outcome was inevitable," he Mr Penrose said.
He added: "Unfortunately my predictions have proven to be correct, and as a result, people in Longford and Westmeath who need to be admitted to hospital will have nowhere local to go. This is outrageous and the HSE and this Government are treating the citizens of Longford-Westmeath as second-class citizens."
(DW/BMcc)
Related Irish News Stories
Click here for the latest headlines.
12 August 2011
Tallaght Patient Died On Hospital Trolley
A man died while on a hospital trolley awaiting a doctor. Today, a verdict of death due to natural causes has been recorded after an inquest into the death of a patient at Tallaght Hospital Emergency Department.
Tallaght Patient Died On Hospital Trolley
A man died while on a hospital trolley awaiting a doctor. Today, a verdict of death due to natural causes has been recorded after an inquest into the death of a patient at Tallaght Hospital Emergency Department.
03 December 2010
Kerry Hospital's New A&E Underway
Construction on the new emergency department at Kerry General Hospital has begun. According to Kerry North Fianna Fáil TD Thomas McEllistrim, the building contractors, BAM Building Ltd, have moved onto the site and preliminary ground works have commenced.
Kerry Hospital's New A&E Underway
Construction on the new emergency department at Kerry General Hospital has begun. According to Kerry North Fianna Fáil TD Thomas McEllistrim, the building contractors, BAM Building Ltd, have moved onto the site and preliminary ground works have commenced.
17 January 2014
Four Injured In Apartment Fire
Four people, including a child, are receiving hospital treatment after being injured in a fire in Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Emergency services were call at around 01:00 on Friday to an apartment at Landy's Court, Millstreet. It is understood that two adults and a child were in the apartment.
Four Injured In Apartment Fire
Four people, including a child, are receiving hospital treatment after being injured in a fire in Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Emergency services were call at around 01:00 on Friday to an apartment at Landy's Court, Millstreet. It is understood that two adults and a child were in the apartment.
05 September 2016
Shortage Of Acute Hospital Beds Is Causing Chaos - IMO
The shortage of acute hospital beds in causing "chaos" in Emergency Departments across Ireland, according to the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO). Dr.
Shortage Of Acute Hospital Beds Is Causing Chaos - IMO
The shortage of acute hospital beds in causing "chaos" in Emergency Departments across Ireland, according to the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO). Dr.
30 September 2014
Call For Emergency Plan At UHL
The Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (INMO) is calling for the implementation of the Major Emergency Plan at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) to bring about a level of control and safety at the Emergency Department.
Call For Emergency Plan At UHL
The Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (INMO) is calling for the implementation of the Major Emergency Plan at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) to bring about a level of control and safety at the Emergency Department.
-
Ireland WeatherToday:Gale, coastal severe gale, northwest winds ease from late afternoon. Scattered showers will fall as snow over the hills at first, becoming isolated from mid-afternoon. Maximum temperature 7 °C.Tonight:Showers, scattered in the evening, will clear by midnight leaving the night dry with clear spells. Cloud will spread east towards morning. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
