Staff at University Hospital Limerick 'cannot cope' with the 'stress' of overcrowded conditions

Nurses in the consistently clogged Emergency Department (ED) of University Hospital Limerick (UHL) are concerned they will not be able to safely and adequately evacuate patients in the event of a major emergency situation, according to a staff nurse with over 30 years experience.

Staff “cannot cope” with the “stress” of working in constantly overcrowded conditions in the hospital and are “leaving in droves”, said Ann Noonan, a staff theatre nurse at UHL.