THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1987
ON THE PROVISION OF OBSERVATION BEDS IN THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT IN FUTURE HOSPITAL PROJECTS, OBSERVATION BEDS WOULD BE A STANDARD FEATURE.
AT PRESENT, OBSERVATION BEDS ARE PROVIDED IN ALL HOSPITALS WITH 24-HOUR ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL WHERE THERE ARE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS.
TO SUPPORT THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, EMERGENCY LABORATORY AND X-RAY FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED ROUND-THE-CLOCK IN ALL REGIONAL HOSPITALS.
PLASTICS SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO RENDER PROMPT TREATMENT FOR SIMPLE ORTHOPAEDIC FRACTURE CASES.
INSOLVENCIES SHOWING A DOWNWARD TREND
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A TOTAL OF 2 778 INSOLVENCIES WERE BEING HANDLED BY THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER'S OFFICE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
THESE INVOLVED 1 557 COMPULSORY COMPANY WINDING-UPS AND
1 221 PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES.
FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1986, THERE WERE 304 COMPULSORY WINDING-UP OF COMPANIES AND 391 NEW PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES REPRESENTING A COMBINED SLIGHT DECREASE OF 0.57 PER CENT IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW INSOLVENCIES OVER THE 325 NEW COMPULSORY WINDING-UP OF COMPANIES AND 374 NEW PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES IN 1985.
+THE YEAR 1986 HAD SEEN THE FIRST SIGN OF A DOWNWARD TREND IN THE NUMBER OF NEW INSOLVENCIES REACHING THE COURTS SINCE 1979 AND MOST OF THESE WERE SMALL OR MEDIUM IN SIZE BY COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, MR NOEL GLEESON, SAID.
HE SAID THAT BECAUSE EXPORTS AND THE ECONOMY WERE GENERALLY PERFORMING WELL, IT WOULD BE LIKELY THAT THE DOWNWARD TREND WOULD CONTINUE AND THAT THERE WOULD BE FEWER INSOLVENCIES THIS YEAR.
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