Nurse a tree takes root at Portlaoise hospital
National Nurse-A-Tree Initiative launched in the Midlands
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Minister of State Pippa Hackett plants the oak tree on the grounds of the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise );
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An Irish healthcare initiative to plant a tree for every nurse in Ireland was launched today in the Midlands.
Nurse A Tree are raising €200,000 to plant a tree for all 80,000 nurses across Ireland as a living legacy to honour, give thanks and recognition to all nurses in Ireland who have been frontline during the Pandemic.
Trees were planted at the Midlands Hospitals in Tullamore and Portlaoise today by Pippa Hackett, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, to mark the start of the campaign.
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