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Tue 11 Nov 2002Health service strikers accused over emergency coverStriking SIPTU members were yesterday accused of not providing sufficient emergency cover to ensure adequate patient care on the first day of action affecting Co Clare's mental health services.Mr Seamus McNulty of the Mid-Western Health Board made the claim as 120 SIPTU members placed pickets yesterday morning outside health service centres, including an acute psychiatric unit in Ennis.