'Sense of hopelessness' among staff at Limerick hospital

The people of the Treaty City want a hospital to be proud of, but UHL is proving inadequate, says Health Correspondent Niamh Griffin

The number of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick continues to rise, reaching 143 last Monday. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

In January, more than 11,000 people who marched in Limerick against hospital overcrowding believed it could galvanise real change, yet cancelled surgeries have occurred once more.

“We thought that this was the line in the sand, everyone was there for it,” recalled one man who protested.