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4 March 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – SIPTU members working in the Bon Secours Hospital in Galway are to form part of a national ballot for industrial action, up to and including strike action.
It’s in an effort to secure a job evaluation process for up to 500 support grade workers – with over 100 at Bon Secours Galway impacted.
Support grade workers include health care assistants, porters, catering attendants and cleaners.
The decision follows a consultation which took place over recent weeks after which it has been agreed to ballot for both industrial and strike action across five hospital locations in Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Cork and Kerry.
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A consultant paediatrician is calling for the allocation of massive resources to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children s mental health.
Dr Niamh Lynch from the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork says the impact of COVID-19 has been significant.
She has made more urgent referrals to the psychiatric services for children in the last month than she would normally make in a year.
As a result, she is warning of a new tsunami of mental health problems in kids after the pandemic.
Dr Lynch told
Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh that the last year has been very difficult for young people, both from her perspective as a paediatrician and a mother.