Response to hospital overcrowding 'extremely lacking' as 101 awaiting beds in UHL

Since June 4, there have been 3566 patients on trolleys and a 76 percent increase in Covid hospitalisations.

Overcrowding issues are not being taken seriously as a workers’ health issue by the HSE, said the INMO.

Fire safety reports are not being adhered to in University Hospital Limerick (UHL), according to a union that stated 457 patients are without a bed today across Irish hospitals.

One-hundred-and-one of these are in UHL which has been highlighted by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) for not adhering to fire safety reports.