Simon Harris TD, Minister for Health, with Angela Twohey, Secretary of Friends of Nenagh Hospital, pictured at the official opening of the UL Hospital's Cataract Centre at Nenagh Hospital. “This winter will be a challenge, as every winter is, as everyday is,” he said. Minister Harris said a number of measures would be, and were being, put in place to try to tackle the crisis. Minister Harris said the government has “a plan to increase hospital beds by 2,600 over the next ten years” to help alleviate the problems. This year, so far, we have opened 240 extra hospital beds.

Source: Evening echo November 05, 2018 16:41 UTC