Dáil debates

Wednesday, 11 May 2005

 

Accident and Emergency Services.

1:00 pm

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

I understand the Mater Hospital has made this decision. I met with the managers of the Dublin teaching hospitals a couple of weeks ago and put this issue to them. They were to consult on it and most felt that, before the Health and Safety Authority's report, it was probably safer on balance from a patients' safety point of view and a health perspective to put an extra bed on a ward from time to time than to keep patients on trolleys overnight. We want innovative solutions customised around individual hospitals if at all possible.

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