'Serious risks to patients remain' at University Hospital Limerick, doctors warn

The risks include severe overcrowding and an excessive number of patients waiting on trolleys for hospital beds, cared for by exhausted staff

The consultants on the Medical Board of HSE Mid West advised minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill that “risks to patient care at UHL remain intolerable and unacceptable” at the overcrowded hospital. Picture Dan Linehan

Doctors at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have warned the health minister that patient safety risks identified by health watchdog Hiqa last year remain, as they called for urgent action to end caring for patients in corridors. 

It comes as HSE data shows 23 people were waiting 24 hours on trolleys for a bed by Monday morning at UHL.