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THE LATEST FIGURES from the trolley watch survey in Irish hospitals has seen the highest number recorded for November since records began.
However, according to the survey from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), there has been a small improvement on the number of people on hospital trolleys for the year so far.
The head of the INMO has called the figures “hugely disappointing”, and warned that infection control and a growing crisis in nurse recruitment would exacerbate the problem further.
In November, 9,306 patients were admitted on trolleys, which was 26% higher than the same month last year. This figure was almost double the amount recorded in 2006, when only 4,671 patients were on trolleys.
For the year to date, there was a decrease of 1% in the number of patients on trolleys compared to 2015, from 86,864 in 2015 to 85,731 this year.
Dublin hospitals fared well in the survey, with the patients on trolleys in Connolly Hospital down 48%, St James’s down 33% and Beaumont down 26% for the year to date.
Some regional hospitals fared worse, with patient trolley numbers up 162% in South Tipperary General Hospital and MRH Tullamore up 75% this year.
For the month of November, the number of patients on trolleys in South Tipperary General went from 193 last year to 680 this year, a rise of 252%.
In Mercy University Hospital, Cork, this number went from 141 in November last year, to 424 this year.
According to the INMO, the sharp rise in people on trolleys this November may have come as a result of bed closures, due to infection control issues.
They also point to “grossly understaffed” emergency departments and in-patient wards, as further exacerbating the situation.
INMO General Secretary Liam Doran said:
These figures are hugely disappointing, if not surprising, and confirm yet again, our health service cannot cope with the demands being placed upon it
“The figures for November are particularly alarming as we enter the peak winter period with the inevitable increased demand that takes place every year over the next three to four months.
“The winter initiative, with its €40m ear-marked funding, is obviously necessary but further measures, with resources, are needed arising from this latest trolley watch analysis.”
Still better than half the dumps on daft in Dublin city.
At about the same price and all.
Did ya give her a good wash ?
1500 a month is not bad when you include WiFi, Cable tv and a cleaner/butler. Gym included. This is what our city’s need. They look pretty cool IMO
Swankier and bigger than my first bedsit! lol
I like the way a cleaner comes in once a week as standard.
Was expecting worse, can only imagine what they’ll be like in 20years time
Could do with these in dublin 500 would be snapped up in hours..
Well its official the future will in fact be like The 5th Element…
Exactly what came to mind, haha.
I’d take it if it comes with a Lelu in the shower…
So rich people’s homes are getting bigger and the ordinary everyday person’s home gets smaller and smaller and some people are OK with that? The problem is not with people building them, it’s with people buying them. I hope that if anything like this gets built in Dublin that people don’t buy them. They only serve to maximise profits for the developer and nothing else.
Currently living in NYC and paying $1000 to live with 4 other people in an apartment with no living room and a shared bathroom. I’d 100% be up for living in one of these.
Adly needed in dublin they would be snapped up in hours… look nice for a micro apartment
roof over the head. all the essentials, heat, water, toilet, kitchen, electriciy etc what more do you u need. id be happy out living there. close to work/college etc. this is the way its going to have to go. 7 billion people on this planet and increasing. 5th element is imminent :-)
Great idea, with all that space down by the Dublin docklands these would be ideal for students and those entering the workforce, they would hold there value and always be in demand…
A much better use of space that what you have in the surrounding areas of the city centre, large houses with front and back gardens, usually only 1 elderly person living in them in a lot of the most expensive houses..
You could go a little stir crazy if you did much more than sleep in such a micro apartment.
That’s a burglar in pic 1.
A single’s pad for someone with very little possessions, very few books, no need to entertain visitors and able to manage lean living.
Could be OK if you were just to use it as second residence for the working week or something though?
Jenga with caravans.
Kitchen ‘slash’ bathroom
Bigger than some apts in Seoul
What does Alan Kelly think of these spacious accommodations? That’s the lad to chop off a few metres.
Minister Kelly was genuinely dismissive of these rabbit hutches.
He said that he could do smaller by taking plans of prison cells in Mountjoy and doing a variation on these. He is considering contracting this out to DO B
Minister Kelly explained that the more separate households the more households to pay water charges.
“large windows that slide open on to a false balcony” – sounds dangerous- open door on to what I think is a balcony and put my foot out into open air and fall 10 storeys?
If you were on your own you wouldn’t want anything bigger. It’s only birds that want gaffs so big there’s rooms you don’t even go in to and you spend half of one of your days the weekend cleaning the kip
I have a bigger caravan
In New York?
Yes I pulled in there on top of the trump tower last week. I be selling a few gate tomorrow if your interested sir
1500 is a great price for NYC
Nice.
It’s in Kips Bay :)
City living for singles or first time renters of the future
Now try bringing this concept to Ireland, and everyone loses their minds…
First dates would be most efficient. From popcorn and soda, to making bacon at the switch of a button…
I need to go the toilet
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