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Cork Hospital Staffing Crisis Deepens | Cork News
Cork University Hospital is in freefall as over 1,000 roles remain unfilled, with the CEO pleading for urgent government approval of 172 priority positions—just a sliver of the crisis. The health minister’s claim that staffing is “fine” and other hospitals manage better has sparked outrage, labeled “extraordinarily dismissive” by local TDs and medical leaders who say the government is scapegoating management. Despite operating 258 staff above its limit, new sequencing rules are blamed for clinical delays and soaring agency costs—now nearing €10 million—fueling accusations that public funds…
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