*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”.
ANOTHER record has been broken at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) with 138 patients on trolleys.
*Clare Rose, Aishling O’Connor and Limerick Rose, Molli-Ann O’Halloran were amongst the performers in the concert. A mega concert was held in aid of the MidWest Cancer Foundation at UHL on Saturday 6th January 2024 at Treacy’s Oakwood Hotel, Shannon.
*Protests in Inch garnered national attention. Photograph: John Mangan WITH the year’s end upon us, The Clare Echo goes through the archives to look at the good, the bad and the ugly from 2023.
*Cllr PJ Ryan. Photograph: Natasha Barton A SOUTH-EAST CLARE representative has highlighted a “distressing” recent death by suicide in the county two days after the person was released from care.
*Cllr Ann Norton. Photograph: John O’Neill A RECRUITMENT freeze in the HSE has been questioned by elected representatives in the county.
IMPROVEMENTS in the delivery of care at the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has been noted in HIQA’s latest report which also found that overcrowding continues to impact patient dignity and privacy.