Confidence lost in UHL management following HIQA report
*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.
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HIQA findings at UHL ‘vindication’ for bereaved families
*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.
Medics recount how pensioner lost memory after day-time sex with wife
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.
‘We were promised a centre of excellence, we got a warzone’ – health activists call for change
*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.
Frustration reaching boiling point over corridor chaos at UHL
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”.
‘I think of my late husband every time I see the overcrowded trolley figures’
AN ENNISTYMON WOMAN has said she is reminded of her late husband every time she hears of overcrowding on trolleys in the Mid-West.
‘We’ve every right to feel aggrieved’ – anger with health services flagged at Ennis protest
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.
Protest seeks reopening of Ennis Hospital’s emergency department
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.
Services reduced at Ennis MAU due to industrial strike
MAJOR DISRUPTION and service delays are expected across the UL Hospitals Group which includes Ennis Hospital today (Wednesday).
GSOC investigation to begin after young boy allegedly knocked down by Garda car in Kilrush
AN INCIDENT in Kilrush has been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) after a young boy was allegedly knocked down by an official Garda vehicle.