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Emergency Rooms at Breaking Point | Cork News
July shattered records with over ten thousand patients treated on hospital trolleys — the highest ever — as Irish hospitals buckle under unprecedented pressure. University Hospital Limerick alone handled over two thousand, so severe that staff are urging the public to avoid ERs altogether. With a busy bank holiday weekend looming and winter ahead, the crisis is escalating. Nurses and midwives, already stretched thin by stagnant pay and unsustainable workloads, are sounding the alarm — their wellbeing is crumbling without employer support. Other hospitals like Galway and Sligo are also…
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