CONSULTANT DOCTORS at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have said confidence in management is at “an all-time low” while the Minister for Health has admitted to overcrowding at the facility has been a concern of his “for some time”.
*CEO of UL Hospitals Group, Colette Cowan. MANAGEMENT’S POSITION AT UNVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK (UHL) is no longer tenable, TDs in the Mid-West have said.
*Marie McMahon. Photograph: Martin Molloy AN ENNISTYMON WOMAN has said she feels “vindicated” by the scathing assessment issued by HIQA into overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick.
MEDCICS at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have recounted how a pensioner turned up at a hospital A&E here with short term memory loss brought about by daytime sex with his wife.
*A section of Saturday’s crowd reflected through a mirror in Ennis. Photograph: Martin Molloy. PROMISES OF a centre of excellence have instead resulted in “a war zone,” a local health activist has claimed.
A MOTION to support the reopening of Ennis Hospital’s emergency department was approved at Tuesday’s meeting of the Regional Health Forum West amid comments that ongoing conditions at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) were “appalling”.
AN ENNISTYMON WOMAN has said she is reminded of her late husband every time she hears of overcrowding on trolleys in the Mid-West.
People living in the Mid-West have “every right to feel aggrieved” with the standard of health services in the region, a protest held in Ennis has heard.
RENEWED CALLS to reopen the emergency department and a restoration of Ennis Hospital’s model three status are to be made at a protest this Saturday.
MAJOR DISRUPTION and service delays are expected across the UL Hospitals Group which includes Ennis Hospital today (Wednesday).
