Elective activity and outpatient clinics cancelled at UHL due to 'exceptionally high' emergency attendances

Despite an additional 110 beds being made available to UHL, 51 patients were being treated on trolleys at the region’s busiest hospital this morning

In the 24-hour period to 8am Tuesday morning, 265 patients attended the emergency department at UHL - far in excess of the 195 average attendances at the department recorded in 2019, the last full year pre-pandemic.

Elective clinics and outpatient clinics are to be temporarily cancelled at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) as the hospital grapples with “exceptionally high emergency attendances and admissions”.

The hospital said the decision has been taken in order to “de-escalate the site and assist with patient flow”.