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# trolley

This year
2023
Opinion: Older people being cared for on trolleys rather than beds is an all-year-round issue
RCSI’s Dr Seamus Cowman looks at the issues around the healthcare of older people in this country.
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Apr 10th 2023, 7:00 AM
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'We're sleepwalking back to mass overcrowding': 221 patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals
The INMO has warned that overcrowding and Covid-19 make for a ‘toxic combination’.
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Sep 2nd 2020, 5:08 PM
'We're terrified': Parents of sick children to hold vigil outside Crumlin hospital over trolley crisis
One mother spoke to TheJournal.ie about the battle her child with Cystic Fibrosis has faced.
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Feb 11th 2018, 12:00 PM
These are the Irish brands most likely to be in your shopping trolley
According to a global Kantar Worldpanel survey.
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May 27th 2017, 10:00 AM
As hospitals recover from record-high trolley crisis, staff are considering a strike
Hospital staff are being asked whether they wish to strike over payments and career progression measures.
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Jan 9th 2017, 10:51 AM
This guy came up with an ingenious solution for when you don't have a coin for your trolley
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
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May 2nd 2016, 11:53 AM
One of Dublin city's main hospitals is telling emergency patients to stay away
The Mater Hospital says it’s experiencing “very high numbers”.
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Jan 20th 2016, 1:13 PM
This is the letter a doctor wrote after a couple in their 90s spent hours on a trolley
It has sparked outrage today.
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Nov 4th 2015, 11:29 PM
'Strong possibility' of strike action after cancer patient left on trolley for five days
The man was one of 40 in need of a bed in the overcrowded Emergency Department in Our Lady of Lourdes.
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Sep 8th 2015, 7:35 PM
Elderly man has just been given a bed after 82 hours on trolley
The crisis in the A&E is hitting vulnerable patients.
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Jun 8th 2015, 10:46 PM
Hospital admits it was 'unacceptable' that woman (102) spent 26 hours on trolley
A Tallaght hospital consultant has said that conditions in its emergency department amount to “a human rights abuse”.
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Jun 5th 2015, 2:38 PM
Jump in flu cases and doctor changeover: The 'straw that breaks the camel's back'?
The INMO said the overcrowding situation in Irish hospitals is getting worse.
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Jan 12th 2015, 8:53 AM
This guy did what we all want to do with a supermarket trolley, and then paid the ultimate price
Thanks, guy. We owe you.
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Jul 22nd 2014, 7:46 AM
16 reasons to hate doing the 'big shop'
Grocery shopping is the WORST.
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Apr 18th 2013, 8:30 PM
Hospitals 'hiding trolleys' on wards, says INMO
The INMO said yesterday that some hospitals are placing extra beds or trolleys on wards on a permanent basis – but Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore finds this hard to believe.
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May 10th 2012, 12:17 PM