HSE considering Ennis Hospital for greater use
HSE officials are said to be considering the expansion of services provided at Ennis Hospital.
HSE officials are said to be considering the expansion of services provided at Ennis Hospital.
All elective surgeries scheduled to take place at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have been cancelled for the remainder of the week as the hospital deals with “significant capacity challenges”.
Resumption of services is “the biggest challenge” for health services in the Mid-West while planning permission has been granted for a new injury unit at Ennis General Hospital.
Mid-West Hospital Campaign have vowed to hold “major demonstrations” if overcrowding levels return at University Hospital Limerick.
Patient birthdays have not been forgotten in Ennis General Hospital despite COVID-19 with the catering staff within the hospital recognising the importance of such an occasion while visitor bans remain in place.
Ennis General Hospital is “ready for the second wave” of COVID-19 should it arise over the coming months.
Nurses at Ennis General Hospital have said they now appreciate living in the moment more following the heroic efforts on the frontline during the current global pandemic having lived through the fear or bringing the virus home to their families.
A WOMAN who began life as a doctor in Ireland just two months before the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in the country says working in Ennis Hospital in the midst of a global pandemic has created added stress due her having a young family at home.