Seanad debates
Tuesday, 31 May 2005
Order of Business.
3:00 pm
Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)
I support my colleagues who condemned the practices in that particular nursing home. As someone who worked in that profession for some years, it was flabbergasting that the problem of pressure sores was so extensive. It is one of the most basic nursing procedures and there are many mechanical apparatuses that contribute to the prevention of pressure sores, such as ripple beds, roto-rest beds and so on. However, it is the professionals working in that home who puzzle me. They should be called before the fitness to practise committee. I have long stated that there should be an inspectorate of hospitals and nursing homes.
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