Post by SAD IRELAND ADMIN on Aug 31, 2006 18:07:50 GMT
Over 22,000 operations were cancelled by Irish Health Authorities last year. The main reason for the cancellations were bed shortages which have bedevilled the Irish health system for over a decade now. According to spokespeople for the Health Service Executive 'the operations were not cancelled, merely postponed'. That must be comforting to know for people waiting for heart bypass surgery. What would the outcry be were tour operators to adopt the same stance ? "Sorry, we haven't cancelled your holiday, just postponed it until next year".
Despite millions spent on consultants, experts and initiatives primarily by the smoking ban minister Michael Martin while he was Minister For Health, the solution to the bed shortage problem still alludes the greatest brains the authorities can find to resolve this issue. Perhaps more beds might be the answer !
The Irish Health Service Executive presides over the second worst health service in Europe yet pays millions in bonuses to it's top managers. The overcrowding and chaos in A&E and Trauma units at our hospitals have been directly held responsible for at least 3 deaths a week by a top consultant. But what hope of improvement from a Health Service that employs an army of inspectors to scour the country checking for discarded cigarette butts behind urinals while it's own hospitals riddled with MRSA and other bugs kill untold hundreds through basic lack of hygiene and care.
Despite millions spent on consultants, experts and initiatives primarily by the smoking ban minister Michael Martin while he was Minister For Health, the solution to the bed shortage problem still alludes the greatest brains the authorities can find to resolve this issue. Perhaps more beds might be the answer !
The Irish Health Service Executive presides over the second worst health service in Europe yet pays millions in bonuses to it's top managers. The overcrowding and chaos in A&E and Trauma units at our hospitals have been directly held responsible for at least 3 deaths a week by a top consultant. But what hope of improvement from a Health Service that employs an army of inspectors to scour the country checking for discarded cigarette butts behind urinals while it's own hospitals riddled with MRSA and other bugs kill untold hundreds through basic lack of hygiene and care.