Go to University Hospital Limerick ‘as last resort’, says minister

INMO Assistant Director of Industrial Relations, Mary Fogarty said the fact there are a record number of patients on trolleys at UHL on April 21, means that the bed management system is completely broken.

There were 126 patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick on Thursday, a record number. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

People in the Mid-West region should only attend University Hospital Limerick as a “last resort” as record numbers of people lying on trollies has been recorded, a government minister has said.

Anne Rabbitte, Minister of State at the Department of Children, said the public should consider other options in the region.