Some surgery at Ennis, Nenagh and St John's Hospital in Limerick has also been deferred.In a statement, its Chief Clinical director Professor Brian Lenehan said the increasing frequency with which patients were having their care delayed underlined, what he called, the fundamental mismatch between service demand and bed capacity in the region.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Ms Fogarty said nurses had advised the INMO that they anticipated this happening last weekend because"despite the fact that 100 additional beds have opened in the hospital in the last 18 months there has been no improvement in the volume of patients waiting on trolleys.
She said that INMO members have routinely advised management that the approach to patient flow processes at the hospital needs to be reviewed. There also needs to be more robust discharge/admission practices at the hospital and senior clinical decision makers need to have particular oversight at the weekend, she said.
And yet the government gives priority to Airport ques over hospital ques shows what they think of us in the Midwest
Eamon Ryan says he’ll sort the issues at Dublin Airport if management doesn’t by the weekend! How about DonnellyStephen sort out the more serious issues at UHL? At least people aren’t dying at Dublin Airport. How many people are actually in charge of unscheduled care at UHL? 🤔
& inept management going on for years with no one being held accountable
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UHL cancels some procedures as ED numbers remain highElective and day care procedures at University Hospital Limerick, St John's Hospital in Limerick city and Ennis and Nenagh hospitals have been cancelled for the next two days as the UL Hospitals group continues to manage high numbers attending its emergency department. Why are there high numbers in the ED? Sick people being used as pawns.
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UHL cancels some procedures as ED numbers remain highElective and day care procedures at University Hospital Limerick, St John's Hospital in Limerick city and Ennis and Nenagh hospitals have been cancelled for the next two days as the UL Hospitals group continues to manage high numbers attending its emergency department. Why are there high numbers in the ED? Sick people being used as pawns.
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