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17/08/2015
A&E Department To Open At The RVH
A new Accident & Emergency department is to open at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
The unit is to open to the public on Wednesday, 19 August.
Sinn Féin MLA Maeve McLaughlin said the new department must help reduce waiting times for patients.
She said: "Since the closure of the City Hospital A&E we have seen several major crisis at the Royal Victoria and we still have too many incidents where patients have had to wait for over 12 hours to be treated.
"I also welcome the announcement that 26 new nurses and three new consultants will be added to the A&E team in the new ward."
(CD/MH)
The unit is to open to the public on Wednesday, 19 August.
Sinn Féin MLA Maeve McLaughlin said the new department must help reduce waiting times for patients.
She said: "Since the closure of the City Hospital A&E we have seen several major crisis at the Royal Victoria and we still have too many incidents where patients have had to wait for over 12 hours to be treated.
"I also welcome the announcement that 26 new nurses and three new consultants will be added to the A&E team in the new ward."
(CD/MH)
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