Hiqa warns Limerick hospital crisis needs urgent action with beds running out in Midwest

Health watchdog warns University Hospital Limerick faces dangerous overcrowding, urging immediate plans to expand capacity or add a second hospital

University Hospital Limerick. Picture: Dan Linehan

Hiqa has told the health minister she must either expand University Hospital Limerick, provide a support hospital, or build a new hospital to address chronic overcrowding.

The health watchdog told Jennifer Carroll MacNeill “planning for these beds needs to commence now.”