Nurses at the Emergency Department at Limerick Regional Hospital are to hold a 4 hour work stoppage next Wednesday in protest at staffing levels and budget cuts.
The stoppage will take place from 1 until 5pm next Wednesday but the Union says it will will maintain a nursing presence, in the Department, over the 4 hour period to ensure unforeseen developments are be responded to immediately.
Last week members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action.
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They are calling on HIQA, An Bord Altranais and the Medical Council to inspect all hospitals, to see the impact of continuous overcrowding.
