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Aoife Johnston died at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) after waiting 12 hours on a chair while dying of sepsis…

James and Carol Johnston gave evidence at Limerick Coroner’s Court of the final moments of their 16-year old daughter’s death.

Aoife Johnston died at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) after waiting 12 hours on a chair while dying of sepsis

Aoife Johnston died on December 19, 2022 at University Hospital Limerick

Aoife Johnston died at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) after waiting 12 hours on a chair while dying of sepsis…

Aoife Johnston (16) died after waiting over 12 hours for critical treatment at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) as a coroner's inquest was told by a senior nurse manager the overcrowding situation in the emergency department that night was "akin to a war zone".

The first day of the teenager’s inquest was held today

The first day of Aoife Johnstons inquest was held today

HEALTH Minister Stephen Donnelly and HSE boss Bernard Gloster are expected to make a crisis visit to UHL this Thursday.

It comes on the back of recent reporting of an unpublished investigation which found that overcrowding in the Limerick Emergency Department was a fundamental…