It’s claimed freelance doctors are blackmailing hospitals by holding a wildcat strike
The Emergency Department at St Johns Hospital in Limerick, along with facilities in Navan, Naas, Portlaoise, Letterkenny and Dublin are all affected
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Some agency doctors are refusing to show up after the HSE cut their pay rate from 40 to 34 euro an hour.
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon in Letterkenny Hospital, Peter O’Rourke, says a lack of trained contract staff means emergency departments may have to close as a result of this strike.
