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Consultant warns Aoife Johnston (16) inquest that UHL emergency department was 'a death trap'

An emergency consultant who declined to attend University Hospital Limerick (UHL), despite a request from a nurse manager concerned about a spiralling overcrowding crisis, told the inquest into the death of Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) that overcrowding had left the emergency department resembling "a death trap" that weekend. ....

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Tragic death of Aoife Johnston (16) at UHL an 'open wound' for devastated family

An inquest into the death of Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) was told a nurse manager was informed that an Emergency Consultant declined to attend the University Hospital Limerick (UHL) emergency department amid serious overcrowding concerns, warning that he would attend in the event of a major emergency but not due to patient volume concerns. ....

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Tragic death of Aoife Johnston (16) at UHL an 'open wound' for her devastated family, inquest hears

An inquest into the death of Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) was told a nurse manager was informed that an Emergency Consultant declined to attend the University Hospital Limerick (UHL) emergency department amid serious overcrowding concerns, warning that he would attend in the event of a major emergency but not due to patient volume concerns. ....

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