Protest outside Beaumount A and E

dublin | miscellaneous | news report Saturday February 04, 2006 18:21 by Jim

Members of the Labour Party protested outside Beaumount Hospital on Saturday at the appaling conditions in the A and E department where patients are left on trolleys in corridoors due to a lack of fudning from governme. Beaumount is one of the busiest hospitals in the country. Yet, its A&E Department suffers serious overcrowding, with patients often having to wait hours for treatment and then find themselves being treated on hospital trolleys.

The Irish Nurses Organisation have been conducting their own ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign at such conditions and the Labour Party protest was in solidarity solidarity with staff and patients who have to suffer such an intolerable situation.

After almost nine years of Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats during a period of unprecedented economic growth, the state of our hospitals is a national shame.

Over thirty people took party in the protest including Roisin Shorthall T.D., Sean Ryan T.D. Senator DerekMcDowell, Cllr. Peter Coyle, Cllr Ciaran Byrne and Brendan Gleeson. There was a large amount of support from the public and lots of cars beeped their horns in support.

Fund our A & E

Local Families support the protest

Are you off your trolley Mary?

Brendan Gleeson supports the protest