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  27/07/2010
Elderly Suffering

It is disgraceful that elderly people have to suffer

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  21/07/2010
Even the most caring have their breaking points

Both myself and my wife are nurses and have

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  19/07/2010
Home Help Needed

My father has paid tax for 50 years. I

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  15/07/2010
Sick Of It All

Sick of queues and a two tiered health system

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  13/07/2010
The Sick Are Paying

The poor and the sick are paying to bail

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  07/07/2010
Conditions Will Get Worse

In Mullingar hospital at the moment elective surgery is

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Bed Closures as of July 8th 2010
Hospital Closed Beds
Total 1,333
Aras Mahair Pol CNU, Castlerea 10 - long stay beds for elderly closed due to non replacement of staff
Ard Aoibhinn, Cardonagh 4- Alzheimer's beds closed
Bantry General Hospital 14 - surgical ward beds closed
Beaumont Hospital     62 - beds closed
Belmullet District Hospital 10 - care of the elderly beds closed
Bethany House (Care of the Elderly) Carlow 38 - beds closed
Connolly Hospital 2 - (1 ICU & 1 CCU beds closed)
30 - beds closed
Elective Orthopaedic Hospital, Croom 24 - beds closed
Ennis General Hospital 27 - surgical beds closed
John Sullivan Memorial Home, Cavan 14 - beds closed
Letterkenny General 22 - beds closed
Lifford Hospital     10 - beds closed
Lisdarn Hospital, Cavan 15 - beds closed
Loughloe House     26 - beds closed (to be closed over 2 months)
Mayo General Hospital     16 - male surgical beds closed
Mercy University Hospital, Cork 31 - surgical ward beds closed
6 - Male surgical beds (St Patrick's Ward)
6 - Paediatric beds (St Anne's Ward)
Merlin Park, Galway 34 - medical ward beds closed
9 - Orthopaedic Day Ward
27 - beds closed
Monaghan General 56 - beds and a high care unit
Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar 41 - beds closed
12 - day ward beds closed
Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore 86 - beds closed
Naas 24 - beds closed
Nenagh General     30 - beds closed
Ofalia House, Edenderry (Care of the elderly services)  12 - beds closed
Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin 25 - orthopaedic ward beds closed.
Equivalent of One Theatre - reduced capacity and outpatients reduced by 15%.
Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan 18 - medical beds closed
Pathways (Care of the Elderly Services, Cavan) 6 - beds closed
Plunkett CNU, Boyle     9 - beds closed
Portiuncula Hospital 13 - beds closed (St John's Ward)
Ramelton N.U., Donegal     8 - beds closed
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital 10 - recovery beds closed
Sacred Heart, Castlebar 36 - beds closed
Sligo General Hospital 72 - beds closed
South Tipperary General 21 - beds closed
1 - ICU bed closed
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork 27 - beds (female medical ward)
St. Anne's, Clifden 10 - beds closed
St Brendan's Home, Loughrea   12 - beds closed
St Colmcille's, Loughlinstown     23 - beds closed (medical ward)
 11 - beds closed (children's ward)
St. Columbanus Home, Killarney 19 - care of the elderly beds closed
St. Francis CNU, Galway 8 - beds closed
St Vincent’s, Athlone/ St Mary’s, Mullingar/ St Joseph’s, Longford (Care of Elderly Facilities) 40 - beds closed
St John's, Enniscorthy     7 - beds closed
St. John’s, Limerick - beds closed
St Joseph’s Hospital, Dungarvan 2 - beds closed (St Michaels ward)
St Joseph's, Stranolar     19 - beds closed
St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny 26 - pre-discharge beds closed
9 - in-patient beds closed
14 - gynae beds closed
2 - medical beds closed
St Patrick's Hospital, Waterford 19 - long stay beds closed
St Vincent’s Hospital, Athy 26 - bedded care of the elderly ward
St Vincent’s Hospital Mountmellick 12 - beds closed
Tallaght Hospital 10 - paediatric beds closed
31 - beds closed (Burkett Ward)
University College Hospital, Galway     8 - Paediatric beds closed
8 - beds (St Mary's Ward)
15 - beds closed (St Monica's Ward)
2 - ICU beds closed
1 - ICU bed closed (cardiac/ thoracic)
28 - Beds closed (St Michael's Ward)
Virginia Health Centre, Cavan 4 - beds closed
Waterford Regional Hospital 3 - beds closed
Wexford General Hospital 14 - gynae beds closed
















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