ELECTIVE ADMISSIONS DEFERRED AT UHG AMID A&E CHAOS

Date Published: 22-Nov-2007

All elective admissions at Univeristy Hospital Galway have been deferred until pressure on the A&E Department is alleviated32 people are on trollies there this morning awaiting admission as staff try to cope with the crowdPeople are advised to go to their GPs if possible rather than attending the A&E Department to try and alleviate the pressure thereHospital Management is about to open up the surgical day ward which it's hoped will reduce the number of people waiting by 10Irish Nurses Organisation Official, Noreen Muldoon says staff at UHG are doing everything they can to help patients