Galway Bay fm newsroom - Management at UHG have moved to employ family doctors in a bid to meet to deal with continued overcrowding at the emergency department.
A shortage of senior consultants has led to the decision.
According to the Irish Times online, the hospital says it hired GPs to act as senior decision-makers in the department while it tries to recruit full-time and part-time consultants.
It comes as a report has described conditions in the department as “nothing short of scandalous”.
