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Wed 06 Jun 2001Ballydowd special care unit tackles staff crisis by recruiting abroad
A successful recruitment campaign for staff for the special-care unit for disturbed children at Ballydowd, Dublin, has been conducted in Finland and Canada, the High Court heard yesterday. As a result, up to half of the staff at Ballydowd will be non-Irish.
Because of difficulties in recruiting staff, only one of Ballydowd's three eight-bed units is operational. However, with the recruitment of 14 more staff from Ireland, Canada and Finland, it is hoped a second unit will be open, at least on a partial basis, in July. There is a queue of children for places at Ballydowd, which is run by the South-Western Area Health Board. There are at present eight children in the unit which, when fully open, will cater for 24.
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