HSE gives UHL crisis team three more weeks to find overcrowding solution

A crisis team which was given four weeks to find solutions to hospital overcrowding in Limerick has had it deadline extended by three weeks, according to the HSE.

The three-person team, led by retired consultant in emergency medicine Fergal Hickey, was announced by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and HSE boss Bernard Gloster on April 30.

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