36 elective procedures were cancelled at Ennis General last year due to overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick.
New HSE figures show that 75% of cancellations occurred last August, when some day surgeries and outpatient appointments were deferred at Ennis, Nenagh, Croom and St.Johns due to high presentations at UHL’s Emergency Department.
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There was only one instance in Ennis last year where a service had to be cancelled due to a lack of available bed spaces.
Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Cooney says improvements are needed.
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