Planned surgeries at UHL group hospitals postponed for second day

On Monday, there were 143 patients without a bed at University Hospital Limerick, the second-highest total ever recorded there.

The hospital group says UHL is currently at its "highest state of escalation" with surge capacity opened at all other hospitals in the group. File Brian Arthur/ Press22.

Planned surgeries at five hospitals across the UL Hospital group have been postponed for a second consecutive day today.

Elective procedures at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), Ennis Hospital, Nenagh Hospital, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, and St John's Hospital have been postponed. The group says elective procedure activity is being "reviewed on a daily basis across all of our hospitals".