A Dublin councillor has hit out after her sick two-year-old daughter had to sleep on a cold metal bench in a childrens' hospital for 17 hours.
Fianna Fail Councillor Racheal Batten's young daughter became very unwell on Monday with a high fever, and after her GP and VHI wouldn't see her daughter she had no choice but to bring her to the A&E department of Temple Street Children's Hospital. Taking to social media, Cllr Batten shared shocking photos of herself and her child sleeping on the metal bench instead of a bed.
Speaking to Dublin Live, Cllr Batten said: "I rang the doctor and they said to go to A&E, I rang VHI and they said go to A&E as well so we got there at 5pm yesterday. We were there three hours being seen. She was really unwell, they decided to keep her in because she had a raised heart rate.
