A total of 52 patients were on Trolleys yesterday in the Emergency Department of Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital, according to the Irish Nurses Organisation’s (INO) Trolleywatch. The hospital disagreed, saying that at 8am yesterday, there were 44 people awaiting admission (either on trolleys or on chairs). There were also six patients in Beaumont’s admission’s lounge, the hospital said.
There is severe pressure on the Emergency Department because of Norovirus (there are currently visiting restrictions on five wards at Beaumont because of this Winter vomiting bug). Nurses have expressed serious concern about the ‘crippling effect’ of overcrowding in the A&E department at Beaumont.
“This level of overcrowding is persisting on an almost daily basis and is having a crippling effect on our members’ ability to deliver safe and quality patient care. Nurses in this department are totally exasperated by the continuous and mounting workload with no end in sight,” INO industrial relations officer, Eddie Mathews has said. The figured for the various hospitals were as follows:
St Vincent’s University Hospital 27
St Colmcille’s Hospital 0
Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown 11
Beaumont Hospital 52
Naas General Hospital 25
Tallaght 24
Mater Misericordiae Hospital 32
St James’ Hospital 15
Mid Western Regional, Ennis 0
Mid Western Limerick 11
Midland Regional, Mullingar 7
Midland Regional, Portlaoise 0
Midland Regional, Tullamore 0
Monaghan General Hospital 2
Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda 23
Cavan General Hospital 6
Louth County Hospital 0
Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan 1
Letterkenny General Hospital 0
Sligo General Hospital 15
Waterford Regional Hospital 0
South Tipperary General Hospital 13
Wexford General Hospital 0
Cork University Hospital 7
Mercy University Hospital, Cork 10
Kerry General Hospital 5
University College Hospital Galway 21
Mayo General Hospital 10
Portiuncula Hospital 8
Roscommon County Hospital 0
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