Midwest Hospital Campaign Call For Enhanced Government Action To Address UHL Overcrowding
Clare FM Text 086 1800 964 26th February 2021 Hospital trolleys The Midwest Hospital Campaign is calling for enhanced government action to address overcrowding issues at University Hospital Limerick. Monday saw 81 patients on trolleys at the Dooradoyle facility – around a third of those waiting for a bed in the country – with the number having dropped slightly to 64 yesterday morning. The UL Hospitals Group says it’s experienced a ‘considerable demand for inpatient beds’ in recent weeks, both from COVID-19 patients and what they say is an increasing number of non-COVID p...