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Tue 06 Jun 2010Maternity unit may close over shortage of doctors
THE MATERNITY unit of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda may have to be temporarily closed due to a critical shortage of junior doctors, it has emerged. Correspondence seen by The Irish Times indicates consideration has being given to the move by senior staff in the HSE.
An e-mail sent late last month by Martin McDonald from the HSE’s national HR directorate, to Rosarii Mannion, assistant national director with the HSE in Dublin North East, said the clinical director in the north east was suggesting “Drogheda maternity would have to close in July because some NCHD [non-consultant hospital doctor or junior doctor] posts couldn’t be filled”.
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