Emergency department to the wrong person. The ED is a riskier environment than other areas of the hospital due to medical practitioners not knowing the patient as well as they know longer term hospital patients, due to time pressure caused by overcrowding, and due to the emergency-driven nature of the medicine that is practiced there. Emergency department An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident & emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own
Belfast City Hospital a total of 72 beds. Much of the outpatient chemotherapy takes place in the Bridgewater Suite in main tower block. From 2011, Belfast City Hospital seen the permanent closure of its Emergency Department due to financial and recruitment difficulties, the trust directed patients and ambulances to go to either the Royal Victoria Hospital or The Mater Infirmorum Hospital for emergency treatment. Belfast City Hospital The Belfast City Hospital () located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a 900-bed modern university teaching hospital providing local acute services and key regional specialities. Its distinctive yellow tower block dominates the Belfast skyline being the