Martin Ferris (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

At 9.20 a.m. this morning, I was contacted by a staff member in University Hospital Kerry who told me that at that time, there was total mayhem in the accident and emergency wing of the hospital. There were 36 patients on trolleys and 12 patients on chairs, some of them since yesterday evening. Subsequent to that, I was contacted by my daughter, Toiréasa, who is a councillor. She told me she had been contacted by relatives of the patients and that there is major concern for their well-being. In the interest of health and safety, would it not be appropriate to call in the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, to examine the situation?

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