Election 2024: Hospitals — 'Old, young, everyone is just thrown on a trolley'

A woman whose elderly father-in-law spent 18 hours sitting in a wheelchair in the Emergency Department at UHL tells the Irish Examiner what she wants the next Government to do

Mary Cahillane: 'We know people have died but what are we going to do to prevent tragedies in the future?' Picture: Brian Arthur

Mary Cahillane’s elderly father-in-law spent 18 hours waiting for a hospital bed while sitting in a wheelchair during one long day at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).

While the tragic deaths of patients including Aoife Johnston, Eve Cleary, and Martin Abbott have caught attention in recent months, ongoing certainty of delays is also a huge worry for local families.