A flying squad of health troubleshooters is to be sent in to sort out an overcrowded hospital as the bed shortage hit crisis levels.
The team of experts is part of an emergency plan by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to help University Hospital Limerick, which saw 111 patients languishing on trolleys yesterday.
Mr Donnelly said he was “very concerned” about patient care at UHL as figures by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) showed that in the past week alone, at least 649 patients were cramped together on trolleys on corridors along the hospital’s Emergency Department and wards.
