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The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) released a new report yesterday (Thursday) stating that Mayo General Hospital needs five additional midwives to bring it in line with international maternity unit staffing standards.

A leading nursing union boss has branded the current overcrowding situation at University Hospital Galway’s emergency department as “critical” and “very dangerous” for frontline workers trying to provide safe care for patients.

Eleven general staff nurses in Mayo General Hospital, who were facing the prospect of being unemployed at the end of this week, have had their contracts renewed for a three month period after the nurses boycotted the offering of a graduate programme which would lead to an immediate 20 per cent decrease in their wages.

A public meeting which will see four trade unions urging a no vote to the Croke Park 2 deal will be held at the IT buildling at NUIG tonight.

Minister for Health James Reilly has been told to “back off”and find a more “equitable” solution rather than reducing the starting salary for newly qualified nurses and midwives to 80 per cent of the current rate.

Mayo General Hospital’s emergency department was extremely busy on Monday with a higher than usual number of patients presenting at the hospital.

A Galway nurse, Mr James Geoghegan, has been elected a second vice president of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

A total of 77 public beds have been closed in community nursing homes (CNHs) and hospitals throughout Mayo in recent times, at the same time as health cutbacks and home help hours have been reduced.