*Dr Catherine Peters. SENIOR MEDICS at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have expressed confidence that their views will be taken on board for HIQA’s review into urgent and emergency care in the Mid-West.
*Angela Coll, Chairperson of Friends of Ennis Hospital (FEH). PLANNED bed blocks for University Hospital Limerick (UHL) will not alleviate overcrowding in the region and instead renewed Government focus must be placed on establishing an acute hospital in Clare with an emergency department, a local health activist group has argued.
*Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll McNeill (FG) on her visit to UHL. Photograph: Don Moloney NO COMMITMENTS will be made by the Minister for Health on the provision and location of a second emergency department in the Mid-West until a HIQA review is completed in May.
AOIFE JOHNSTON’s family are to hold their first meeting with Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll McNeill (FG) today (Thursday).
*Senator Timmy Dooley (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley A CLARE SENATOR is seeking a debate with his party colleague, the Minister for Health over ongoing issues at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).
A REPORT into the death of Shannon teenager, Aoife Johnston will be published no later than Monday.
*Aoife Johnston. DISCIPLINARY proceedings await three senior officials at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) following a report into the death of Shannon teenager Aoife Johnston.
*University Hospital Limerick. AN INQUIRY has commenced following the death of a sixteen year old girl at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) three weeks ago.
*Colette Cowan. ON A WEEK of further record breaking overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick, the Chief Executive of UL Hospitals Group has gone on temporary leave.
*Marie McMahon. Photograph: Martin Molloy HEALTH activists in Clare have said people in the Mid-West are “dying of neglect”.