OVERCROWDING EASING AT UHG CASUALTY

Date Published: 16-Dec-2008

The overcrowding in the casualty department at University Hospital Galway is easing after two days of high numbers waiting on trolliesAt one stage 38 people were waiting on trolleys, but it's understood this is now down to 15 and easingUHG had the highest number of people waiting on trolleys in hospitals outside of DublinDespite 400 people waiting on trolleys in A and E departments around the country today Health Minister Mary Harney insists progress is being madeShe says the HSE is achieving targets for throughput in A and E wards around the country.Mary Harney told the Dail that waiting times in excess of 24 hours have been eliminated in almost 60 per cent of hospitals