Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is almost certain that the so-called modular patient unit designed and created by my colleague, which was supposed to be delivered last October at the latest, will not be in place this year, not to mind next year. How can any hospital be expected to cope under such conditions? We have years of acknowledgement of the capacity issues in the hospital but there has been almost zero impact in reducing numbers of patients on trolleys. I would like to praise the consultants and all the front-line staff who try to deal with patients under those conditions. They have been working for 19 months under a full capacity protocol, FCP, which is another great acronym drawn up by the HSE. What does that mean?

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