'The system remains under pressure': HSE continues to advise staying away from hospitals with flu symptoms
University Hospital Kerry will be cancelling all elective surgery for this week due to high patient numbers.
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University Hospital Kerry will be cancelling all elective surgery for this week due to high patient numbers.
The HSE’s Service Plan for 2017 set a target that anyone aged 75 years and over entering an ED would be discharged or admitted within 24 hours.
Outbreaks of flu and the vomiting bug have put added pressure on the health service.
The Health Minister said no one wants to sort out the overcrowding crisis more than he does.
Nurses brought their anger at overcrowding to the gates of the Dáil today.
The figure peaked at more than 600 on Tuesday.