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Drogheda Hospital on Protected Call PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009 13:45


For the second time in as many months, the largest hospital in the north east has gone on 'protected call'.

This means it cannot accept many cases coming to the Accident & Emergency Department and instead has to divert some patients to other hospitals around the region.

According to the Irish Nurses Organisation, this morning there is a record number of 45 patients on trolleys in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

The HSE said that in order to relieve the pressure on the hospital's Emergency Department, and in the interests of patient safety, they put Lourdes on 'protected call' from yesterday evening.

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