Elective procedures cancelled at Limerick hospital as 'chronic' overcrowding persists

Elective procedures have been cancelled at University Hospital Limerick until Friday. File Picture.

Elective surgeries and other diagnostic procedures are cancelled at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) for the remainder of this week, as patient overcrowding heaped pressure on the hospital’s cramped 24-hour Emergency Department (ED).

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said, today, 80 patients were without beds at UHL “with more than 12 being cared for on chairs overnight, without even a trolley”.