Munster hospitals facing double trouble of IT hack and overcrowding

Hospitals in Munster are facing a double-blow as the cyberattack continues to paralyse IT systems while attendance at emergency departments has increased.

Hospitals in Munster are facing a double blow as the cyberattack continues to paralyse IT systems while attendance at emergency departments has increased.

There were 248 patients at the Emergency Department in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) yesterday while Cork University Hospital (CUH) was also facing an unusually high number of patients, according to the HSE chief operations officer Anne O’Connor.