Clare mother treated on chair after waiting five hours recalls spending four days on hospital trolley in summer

A mother with Crohn’s Disease, and suffering from abscesses on her rectum, was being treated on a chair in the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick today where a record 92 patients languished on trolleys in the ED and on wards.

Clare mother treated on chair after waiting five hours recalls spending four days on hospital trolley in summer

A mother with Crohn’s Disease, and suffering from abscesses on her rectum, was being treated on a chair in the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick today where a record 92 patients languished on trolleys in the ED and on wards.

Rachel Hillyard initially presented at the Limerick ED on Saturday but decided to go home after she was informed there was a “nine-hour” wait to see a doctor.

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