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Nine News: Rónán Ó Domhnaill reports that Professor Ciarán Bolger claims there is a crisis in the National Neurological Unit at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital
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Six One News: Rónán Ó Domhnaill reports that Prof Ciarán Bolger, a neurological consultant at Beaumont Hospital, says there are ten patients with life-threatening conditions waiting on a bed in the National Neurological Unit
Professor Ciarán Bolger, a neurological consultant at Beaumont Hospital, has said the National Neurosurgery Unit is in crisis.
It is claimed there are 200 patients at present classified as urgent and waiting for beds in the unit.
At least ten of these patients are said to have life-threatening conditions.
The Health Service Executive has said it is waiting for a report reviewing neurosurgical services.
