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Galway nurses to protest 'severe overcrowding' in Emergency Department

The INMO said today nurses are finishing shifts “in a distressed state, experiencing burnout and frustration at the lack of action”.

NURSES AT UNIVERSITY Hospital Galway will hold a lunchtime protest at the hospital entrance on Wednesday to highlight “severe overcrowding” in the Emergency Department and other issues.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said patients are being “deprived of care with dignity” and nurses are also protesting against the “inadequate availability of beds throughout the hospital”.

“Assessment and waiting times for patients continues to increase and nurses are unable to provide care to patients in a timely manner, and are well outside the agreed, internationally accepted protocols and timelines,” the organisation said.

The hospital covers a population of 70,000 people the the INMO said the Emergency Department is “simply too small to deal with such a large geographical region”.

Speaking today, INMO Industrial Relations Officer, Clare Treacy, said:

INMO members are gravely concerned for the wellbeing of patients who have to suffer the indignity of being nursed on a corridor for days at a time. The levels of overcrowding and staff shortages are impinging on their ability to provide safe quality care to patients. This overcrowding in the month of September is unprecedented and can only get worse as we enter the winter months.

The INMO said nurses are now finishing shifts “in a distressed state, experiencing burnout and frustration at the lack of action to this on-going problem”.

It asked patients and members of the public to support the protest from 1pm at the entrance to the hospital on Wednesday.

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    Dec 16th 2013, 7:28 AM

    The Chinese need to have a word with young Kim before he does something stupid & starts a war that nobody wants.

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    Dec 16th 2013, 10:16 AM

    On November 3rd, the marxist state carried out 80 public executions in seven cities for crimes ranging from the distribution of pornography and foreign merchandise to possession of a Christian bible. It has been reported that children witnessed executions in at least one case.

    According to Amnesty International North Korea executed 30 people in 2011 and 6 last year. At least 100 have been executed this year. This would appear to show that North Korea’s authorities has recently acquired a blood-lust.

    The reasons for the marked increase in rates of executions are not clear, but according to JoongAng Ilbo (the South Korean newspaper that originally reported the story) the show-piece executions were “an extreme measure by the central government to stamp out public unrest or capitalistic zeal accompanying its development projects.”

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    Dec 16th 2013, 12:44 PM

    Might not do any good with this lunatic Thomas. Uncle Jang was Beijing’s man in the Government. I think he actually believes his own propaganda that NK doesn’t need anyone.

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    Dec 16th 2013, 7:47 AM

    An interesting approach to weeding out corruption in government.
    Why don’t we give it a whirl??

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    Dec 16th 2013, 11:14 AM

    The army wouldn’t have enough bullets to shoot the amount of corrupt greedy parish pump dictators and half arsed teachers who infest the political system in Ireland. Anyway you get what you vote for.

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    Dec 16th 2013, 8:13 AM

    Old Moores Almanac says that a certain short fat arrogant little dictator will be gone by mid 2014.
    No idea where he’s going though…..although Florida was mentioned.

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    Dec 16th 2013, 9:59 AM

    I thought Rabbitte was on his way to Europe?

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    Dec 16th 2013, 7:30 AM

    I think Kim got the right idea…….. He knows how to keep his cabinet on their toes…………or on their backs

    If Enda was more like him our no2 would be shaking in his boots

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    Dec 16th 2013, 12:38 PM

    Ah don’t worry Enda’s got his report cards….

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    Dec 16th 2013, 9:22 AM

    “Pyongyang labelled him a drug-addicted womaniser who frequented foreign casinos with embezzled state funds.”

    Sounds like a family trait, Kim Jong-Un’s brother was a fan of the casinos too.

    It’s very hard to see this dictatorship ending peacefully.

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    Dec 16th 2013, 8:39 AM

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    Dec 16th 2013, 9:08 AM

    Is that you john mc cain??

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    Dec 16th 2013, 7:44 AM

    Just let them get on with it and keep sending the food parcels.

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    Dec 16th 2013, 11:24 AM

    Let them eat cake or rice cake even !

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    Dec 16th 2013, 2:18 PM

    Oh yes the report card no one has seen or heard of since … Bad minister , I’m going to give you 100 lashes and you can write out the constitution 100 times .

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