‘People will die’: The secret recording, the Taoiseach and turmoil at Cork’s main hospital

详细摘要

A row over staffing and resources at Cork University Hospital intensified amid ‘false assertions’ of political pressure that were subsequently recanted ...

“All is not well,” said Taoiseach Micheál Martin of the situation at Cork University Hospital.

His words came during a fiery exchange in the Dáil this week about the largest hospital in the southwest region.

The hospital has been under public scrutiny over the past three months after its chief executive raised concerns about patient safety risks arising from staffing restrictions.

In the first six months of the year, CUH recorded the highest proportionate rise in patients attending emergency departments, up 11.5 per cent, with 47,681 people presenting.

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