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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sylvia Pownall

Mum's heartbreak as daughter dies on Limerick Hospital trolley in urine-soaked corridor

A grieving mum whose daughter died after spending 17 hours on a hospital trolley in a urine-soaked corridor has hit out over her “needless death”.

Eve Cleary, 21, died at University Hospital Limerick – Ireland’s most overcrowded hospital – on July 21, 2019, just hours after being discharged with blood clots.

Her mother Melanie will address thousands at a protest rally next Saturday to highlight conditions at UHL and the lack of emergency health services for the region.

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