Clare Councillors Call For Vital Medical Equipment To Be Bought For UHL

Calls are being made in Clare for funding to be released to purchase vital equipment, including an MRI scanner, for the region’s main hospital.

It follows a recent meeting, in which local representatives were warned of the delays caused by the current aged equipment.

At present, there is just one MRI scanner in the UL Hospitals Group; which was installed at University Hospital Limerick in 2003, despite high demand for it from patients on a daily basis.

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This week’s meeting of Clare County Council saw a motion pass calling on the HSE and Health Minister to provide new diagnostic machinery and Independent Sixmilebridge Councillor PJ Ryan says it’s vital to prioritise this: