Limerick maternity hospital urged to ease visitor restrictions

UMHL is the only hospital in the country where patients are allowed to have just one person visit them

Patients in the maternity hospital in Limerick are only allowed to nominate one support person, and once they choose, the decision cannot be reversed.

Pregnant women are urging University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL) to lift visitor restrictions, which have been in place since covid.

Patients in the maternity hospital are only allowed to nominate one support person, a decision that cannot be reversed. UMHL is the only hospital in the country which still has this restriction in place.