Investment in ICU beds and staffing long overdue, warns consultant

Dr Catherine Motherway: 'The pandemic highlighted very acutely and publicly our deficit in ICU capacity and many reports over the years have recognised this problem.' File picture: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

Shortages in ICU beds and staffing were clearly highlighted during the pandemic and both are in need of a long-overdue fix, a top Limerick ICU consultant has urged.

Dr Catherine Motherway, a former president of the Intensive Care Society and head of the intensive care unit (ICU) at University Hospital Limerick, said the problems have been ignored for too long.