Dr Michael McGloin, who heads up the Primary Care Centre in Athenry, 25km (15.5 miles) east of Galway city, says the nurses’ strike action is just another symptom of a crumbling health service. Eight public health nurses, who work at the busy care centre, are on strike along with three nurses who work at the centre’s stretched mental-health day hospital. “Our public health nurses work here seven days a week. And once they turn 18, they’re discharged with no service after that.”Dr McGloin says he has become embarrassed by the health service. “We are picking up all the pieces but we just do not have the capacity for any more,” Dr McGloin said.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2019 19:28 UTC