*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.
*University Hospital Limerick UNIVERSITY Hospital Limerick (UHL) is currently experiencing extremely high demand and are appealing to the public to consider all care options before presenting at their Emergency Department.
*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.
A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE in influenza (flu) and COVID-19 hospitalisations have been recorded in the Mid-West.
A FRESH INVESTIGATION into the death of a Shannon teenager has been announced by the HSE.
*Aoife Johnston (RIP). AN APOLOGY has been issued to a Shannon family by the HSE for “serious failings” at University Hospital Limerick.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK has experienced record levels of overcrowding with surgeries cancelled at Ennis Hospital on Wednesday as a result.
CAPACITY for the region’s main hospital to deal with a winter surge is proving to be a major fear.
