250 PEOPLE PROTEST AT UHG AND PORTIUNCULA HOSPITAL

Date Published: 11-Jun-2008

250 Staff attached to the IMPACT trade union have taken part in lunch-time protests at University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.The protests took place at a total of 28 hospitals around the country against staff shortages, caused by the HSE's temporary recruitment freeze since last Autumn.Over 100 people attended the demonstration at UHG while 250 people protested outside Portiuncula Hospital.Protestors had banners and placards and chanted while walking around the front walls of the hospitals.