Nurse speaks out against plans to reduce Daisy Hill ED opening hours

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Tuesday, 25 April 2017 13:46

By Iveren McCallion

A Southern Trust nurse has said if it wasn't for Daisy Hill's Emergency Department her son would have died.

Gabrielle O'Neill addressed a protest rally against reducing the hospital's A&E opening hours.

The Trust hinted at the move to cope with what it calls a 'serious shortage of Emergency doctors'.

Gabrielle's son Ruairi was rushed to Daisy Hill before Christmas with bacterial meningitis and fell into a coma.

She believes he survived because of the actions of the hospital's Emergency Department staff:

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