Seanad debates

Thursday, 14 May 2015

10:30 am

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday I raised the issue of the continuing deterioration of our health service and the HSE. Taking my local hospital, Beaumont Hospital, as an example, this morning, 39 admitted patients are waiting on trolleys in the accident and emergency department, 33 beds are closed and there are 90 delayed discharges. There was an increase of 26% in waiting lists in the first four months of the year. The situation is going from bad to worse and is at crisis point. Today the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, has called for the hospital to go off-call immediately and not take any additional patients through the accident and emergency department or for any surgeries. We do not need to discuss any further the track record of Deputy James Reilly as Minister for Health. People know he was the worst Minister for Health who ever took charge of the Department in the history of the State.

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