Galway consultants highlight lack of intensive care resources
Galway Bay fm newsroom - Two Galway hospital consultants are among a group from around the country who are expressing concern about intensive care resources.
Dr. Patrick Neligan and Dr. Michael Scully, both consultants in Intensive Care Medicine at UHG have joined their counterparts from other hospitals to highlight the issue.
In a letter in today's Irish Times, the consultants, who are members of the Intensive Care Society of Ireland, highlight a 2008 report which showed that intensive care was below standard in Ireland.
However half way through that timeframe, the bed capacity has been significantly reduced.The consultants feel that more resources need to be poured into intensive care facilities, otherwise there is concern that patients who are seriously ill would not be allocated a bed.