Government must declare 'capacity emergency' at UHL, hospital's medical board warns

'There’s a lack of capacity' at University Hospital Limerick. Picture: Dan Linehan

The Government needs to “urgently change” its approach to hospital overcrowding in Limerick, and a "capacity emergency" needs to be declared as patients continue to face “reduced privacy and dignity” compared to elsewhere, doctors have warned.

The call from doctors on the University Hospital Limerick medical board follows findings in Hiqa’s review of emergency services in the region, published last month.