*Crowds at the most recent protest held by Mid-West Hospital Campaign. Photograph: Martin Molloy FRUSTRATION has been voiced by the Mid-West Hospital Campaign by the failure of UL Hospitals Group to back up a commitment it issued to hold a meeting focused on overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).
AVERAGE BED NUMBERS at Ennis Hospital have remained unchanged since February 2020 whole an increase in attendances at its Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) has been recorded.
*Noeleen Moran speaking at a rally organised by the Mid-West Hospital Campaign. Photograph: Martin Molloy AN OPPORTUNITY ‘to right the wrong’ of downgrading Ennis Hospital can be put across by local politicians when they meet management of UL Hospitals Group in the coming days, health activists have said.
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.