PROTESTS PLANNED FOR NEXT WEEK AT GALWAY HOSPITALS

Date Published: 05-Jun-2008

There will be protests at two of Galway’s hospitals next week as part of a national protest by health workers against service cuts

Members of IMPACT and other trade unions will protest at University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe next Wednesday June 11th at lunchtime.

The aim of the protests is to call for the reversal of the cutbacks to services and staff which health workers feel are undermining the ability of the Health Service to meet patient needs.

The protests will be held at several hospitals around the country simultaneously, and in Galway UHG and Portiuncula have been selected by the trade unions

The IMPACT trade union says as these are lunchtime protests there will be no disruption to hospital services