Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion

3:55 pm

Photo of Jerry ButtimerJerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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One of the doctors told us this afternoon that he could not leave if his patient had not been taken care of. Let us say, for argument's sake, that 5 o'clock was the curfew time. He said he could not leave at that time if a patient was in need of follow-up care.