Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation

Ms Susan Clyne:

Let me come back to the point on someone who is admitted to an emergency department and put on a trolley. The medical team will be called down to look for that patient. His or her whole episode of care can take place beside the toilet in a corridor for three or four days – this is quite prevalent in Limerick – and he or she will be discharged from the emergency department after treatment.