Situation critical in Ireland's Emergency Departments
Is it time to cut the numbers of Emergency Departments to provide appropriate care?
If you arrive at Portlaoise Hospital with a broken hip, doctors there will be unable to fix you. There are no orthopaedic surgeons working at the hospital.
If you arrive at Portlaoise Hospital with a heart attack and need a potentially life-saving stent to help unblock your artery, doctors there will be unable to do it. ...