UHL Crisis: 'Appointments cancelled, no replacement date given — does Limerick hospital even care?'

Twenty years since hospital reforms began, University Hospital Limerick seem further away than ever from implementing them

Melanie Sheehan and Barry Cleary at the inquest into the death of their daughter Eve Cleary, who died in July 2019, hours after being sent home from UHL, having spent 17 hours on a trolley. Pictures: David Raleigh

When Julie Malone was told in January she would see a consultant at University Hospital Limerick in August for severe breathing problems, the wait seemed long enough.

Then last Thursday, she received an apologetic phone call and was told her appointment on Friday was cancelled with no replacement date.