Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion
1:30 pm
Dr. Emily O'Conor:
I cannot answer all of Deputy Kelly's queries, but he used the word "chaotic". I do not want that to go out to the general public excessively. I will be the consultant on the shop floor tomorrow in my department from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. I will be on call. It might look chaotic but, between me and my senior nurse shift lead, we will know what is happening on the floor and we will have a handle on things. Even if I disappear to "resus" for a while before coming back, the shift lead will know where everyone is.