Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says the cancellation of a visit by the Health Minister to University Hospital Galway today is a terrible indictment of the Government’s policy on healthcare.
INMO spokesperson Anne Burke says there are 20 people waiting on trolleys in the A&E and on wards at UHG today.
This follows a record of 70 people waiting on trolleys on a single day last week as the hospital remained in Code Black due to overcrowding.
Health Minister Simon Harris says he had to cancel today’s planned visit due to ‘Dáil and Government business’ and will visit the hospital in early January instead.
However, Anne Burke from the INMO says healthcare ‘is’ government business.