A NEW strategy allowing ambulances responding to 112/999 calls to bring non-urgent cases to Ennis General Hospital has been welcomed as a positive development by Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey. Since 2009, University Hospital Limerick, which is designated as a model 4 hospital, has provided the only 24-hour emergency department service for a population …
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The inquiry into the death of Clare teenager Aoife Johnston at university hospital Limerick (UHL) is due to start “very shortly”. The 16-year-old Shannon schoolgirl died last month after contracting bacterial meningitis. She had spent a number of hours waiting on a trolley prior to her death at the hospital. The health services executive (HSE) …
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The Minister for Health is being urged to meet Oireacthais representative in the Mid West after one Clare TD said patients in the county are “scared” to attend University Hospital Limerick (UHL). Violent Anne Wynne said a meeting is needed to discuss the ongoing overcrowding crisis at the hospital. The Independent TD said she has …
SIGNIFICANT reductions in outpatient clinics continue at University Hospital Limerick as the hospital prioritises care for inpatients and patients attending the Emergency Department. Following a meeting of the Hospital Crisis Management Team today, hospital-wide visiting restrictions remain in place and outpatient clinics are being reviewed on a daily basis. These measures follow an unprecedented level of …
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AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL remains in a critical condition following a stabbing incident in Clarecastle.
TWO FEMALES, a child and an adult have been hospitalised after they were discovered with serious injuries on Tuesday morning.
A YOUNG GIRL remains in hospital after sustaining serious injuries on Tuesday morning.
*Noeleen Moran. Photograph: Martin Molloy HEALTH ACTIVISTS are optimistic with the progress made in the bid to reopen the emergency department at Ennis Hospital.
*An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin at Meira GTx’s Shannon facility. Photograph: Brian Arthur IMPROVEMENTS ARE becoming visible at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), the Taoiseach has claimed.
*Senator Martin Conway (FG). Photograph: Natasha Barton MANAGEMENT of University Hospital Limerick (UHL) clashed with Clare Oireachtas members over ongoing overcrowding at the region’s main hospital.
