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Sat 11 Nov 2009Over 16,000 patients face delay over strike
MORE THAN 16,000 people face having their hospital appointments or procedures deferred next week as a result of the planned national strike in the public service.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) said yesterday that planned procedures for part of Monday and all of Tuesday are to be postponed. Tens of thousands of health service staff are expected to take part in the one-day stoppage on Tuesday in protest at Government proposals to cut pay.
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