Senior doctors at University Hospital Limerick have written an open letter to the people of the mid-west about the difficulties in its emergency department, which has the worst overcrowding in the State.
The doctors say they “profoundly regret” this has been the case but go on to argue UHL is under-resourced compared to other hospitals. Beaumont is a national centre for neurosurgery and renal transplantation, whereas UHL does not have any national designation. Eradicating existing deficits at UHL and bringing staffing levels up to the same levels seen elsewhere is dependent on additional funding, the doctors say.
Nurses are run ragged
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