Waiting list for cataract treatment doubles in Clare
ALMOST DOUBLE the amount of Clare people are awaiting treatment for cataracts since 2021.
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Murphy ‘gobsmacked’ with data gathering practices in UL Hospitals Group
*Cllr Ian Lynch, Cllr Cillian Murphy and Michael Harty. Photograph: John Mangan A WEST CLARE representative has admitted he is “gobsmacked” that the HSE do not have a geographic breakdown on where in the Mid-West patients are admitted to University Hospital Limerick (UHL) from.
High numbers presenting to UHL prompt cancellations of elective surgeries again
ELECTIVE PROCEDURES at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have been cancelled for Wednesday (tomorrow) with all UL Hospitals Group sites including Ennis Hospital reported to be very busy with a high amount of inpatients.
Wynne adamant Ennis A&E can be reopened and staffed safely
*Photograph: Martin Molloy SAFELY REOPENING the emergency department at Ennis Hospital is a realistic aspiration, Violet-Anne Wynne TD (IND) has maintained while she said the people of West Clare ‘suffer in silence’ when it comes to their fear of health services.
Taoiseach Varadkar defends Government’s actions towards health services in Mid-West
*Leo Varadkar speaking to the media at University Hospital Limerick. Photograph: Brian Arthur AN TAOISEACH, Leo Varadkar (FG) has said it is an unfair analysis that successive Governments he has been involved in have done nothing to alleviate concerns of the people of the Mid-West that they have been left behind when it comes to …
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Day surgeries cancelled at Ennis Hospital as UHL remains under pressure
DAY SURGERIES have been cancelled at Ennis Hospital while long waits are “inevitable” at University Hospital Limerick’s emergency department according to hospital management.
‘Don’t be afraid about going to UHL’ says Taoiseach
*An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar (FG) in UHL. Photograph: Brian Arthur MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC should not be afraid to seek treatment at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), the Taoiseach has said but acknowledged continued overcrowding is reducing the dignity and privacy that patients should have.
Ennis A&E reopening ‘not part of the plan’ & ‘impossible’ says Taoiseach but group told nothing ruled out
*Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar visiting UHL. Photograph: Brian Arthur UPGRADING Ennis and Nenagh to model three hospitals is “definitely not the plan” within Government, an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (FG) has said.
Building surgical hub in Ennis can attack hospital waiting lists
ESTABLISHING A SURGICAL HUB in Ennis can play a part in reducing waiting times and the trolley crisis in the Mid-West, a Clare TD has argued.
Getting accountability from Govt on Mid-West health crisis ‘like playing handball against a haystack’
GETTING accountability off the Government “for the healthcare crisis in the Mid-West is like playing handball against a haystack,” a Clare TD has claimed while it has been confirmed that the Taoiseach is to visit University Hospital Limerick (UHL) this Friday.