Hospital overcrowding: Patients on trolleys hit record high amid ‘inhumane’ conditions

An appeal from the Health Service Executive for people to avoid hospitals if possible, due to expected pressure on EDs, has been criticised by a medical consultant.

The HSE has said it expects the sharp increase in cases to continue into the coming weeks, putting further strain on hospitals and EDs. The advice to speak to a pharmacist was also problematic as all they could provide was over the counter medication, he told RTÉ Radio 1. Speaking on Tuesday, Prof Declan Lyons, consultant geriatrician at UHL said conditions in its ED were “inhumane”. Patients were being “crammed together” on trolleys with little room between them, he said.

How can this be?! We stayed at home while the HSE increased capacity during the unprecedented global pandemic!?

From 2018,

As you sow, so shall you reap.

Well, we could decree a pandemic and limit movement to 5km radius. Forbid people to go to GPs and A&E, introduce remote consultations and disconnect the phone line. Problem solved.

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