Limerick to get 100 extra hospital beds for Covid surge

Last Friday, ULHG closed a 68-bed field hospital for non-Covid or post-Covid patients four months after its opening.

Modular units being delivered at University Hospital Limerick in February for a 60-bed block under construction at the hospital.

More than 100 beds are being fast-tracked at University Hospital Limerick to deal with an expected surge in Covid-19 and flu cases this winter.

Figures supplied by the UL Hospitals Group (ULHG) show 111 beds are coming on stream, with at least 100 beds being opened by the end of the year.