Health boards investigate housing of Filipino nurses

Updated: 17:22, Wednesday, 28 March 2001

A spokesman for the East Coast Health Board has said that the three health boards in the Dublin area are investigating the circumstances in which 50 Filipino nurses were housed in substandard accommodation.

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9.00 News: Teresa Mannion reports on the investigation into the housing of Filipino nurses
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6.01 News: Teresa Mannion reports the investigation into the housing of the Filipino nurses
6.01 News: Teresa Mannion reports the investigation into the housing of the Filipino nurses

A spokesman for the East Coast Health Board has said that the three health boards in the Dublin area are investigating the circumstances in which 50 Filipino nurses were houses in substandard accommodation for more than a week. The spokesman said that as soon as the health board became aware of the situation the nurses were moved to alternative accommodation. He said that foreign nurses employed in hospitals run by the health boards are provided with temporary accommodation for eight weeks after they arrive and are then helped to find permanent accommodation.

  • News At One: Madeline Speirs, staff-nurse in Loughlinstown Hospital, Anne Carrigy, Director of Personnel at the Mater Hospital, and Aileen O'Meara, Health and Science Correspondent, discuss the nurses' accommodation

    News At One

    Madeline Speirs, staff-nurse in Loughlinstown Hospital, Anne Carrigy, Director of Personnel at the Mater Hospital, and Aileen O'Meara, Health and Science Correspondent, discuss the nurses' accommodation

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