Cancellations in five Mid-West hospitals could last 'weeks', HSE chief admits

HSE CEO Bernard Gloster defended University Hospital Limerick’s record on elective care, saying waiting lists for elective or scheduled care dropped sharply last year. Picture: Arthur Ellis

Cancellations across five hospitals including University Hospital Limerick could last “weeks” the HSE CEO Bernard Gloster has admitted as concerns grow across the region.

He was “shocked and horrified” at the high numbers of patients he saw waiting for crisis care in UHL this week, he said on Friday.