CONSULTANTS AT a Galway hospital have warned the Minister for Health that the retirement of 30 per cent of nurses from the hospital’s orthopaedic department will mean half the beds will have to close and waiting lists for surgery will grow by 300 per cent.
The four orthopaedic consultants at Merlin Park Hospital – doctors Stephen Kearns, Fintan Shannon, Bill Curtin and Michael O’Sullivan – have also raised concerns about patient safety and said outpatient waiting lists, which stand at 7,000, will grow. (Irish Times) >
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