HSE gives UHL crisis team three more weeks to find overcrowding solution

A HSE spokeswoman said the team is continuing its work to support the hospital as well as services across the region
HSE gives UHL crisis team three more weeks to find overcrowding solution

They crisis team is to help devise actions to ease overcrowding in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick. Picture: Dan Linehan

A crisis team which was given four weeks to find solutions to hospital overcrowding in Limerick has had it deadline extended by three weeks, according to the HSE.

The three-person team, led by retired consultant in emergency medicine Fergal Hickey, was announced by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and HSE boss Bernard Gloster on April 30.

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