University Hospital Limerick ED ‘akin to a war zone’ on weekend Aoife Johnston died, nurse says

'Trolleys were placed back-to-back and lined either side of the corridors. Every available floor space was taken, patients were lying and sitting in every nook and cranny.'

“What I observed was akin to a war zone – every area was overcrowded with patients. Trolleys were placed back-to-back and lined either side of the corridors. Every available floor space was taken, patients were lying and sitting in every nook and cranny,” she said.

“I escalated to him the risks to patients, the volume and acuity and how unsafe the department was and requested that he come in. He declined – the conversation was brief – he said he had been in already that day and would be in again in the morning. I was disappointed.” Ms McCarthy said that it was a particularly busy night in the Emergency Department with approximately 70 patients where there are three nurses allocated to look after them and she checked regularly on Aoife including at 11.50pm on December 17th.

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