‘Absolute hell’ as Limerick emergency department staff see 220 people daily

The UL Hospitals Group, which oversees Limerick’s three hospitals, has apologised to patients because the city’s emergency department (ED) at University Hospital Limerick is “not fit for purpose”.

This is after a whistleblower described conditions there as “absolute hell”. The whistleblower had also said that nurses and doctors there were seeing “an average of 220 patients per day”.

Emergency departments at St John’s Hospital, Limerick; Ennis, in Clare; and Nenagh, in Tipperary, were closed down by the previous Fianna Fáil/Green Party coalition government and streamlined to UHL.