A campaign group is calling on the HSE to purchase lands suitable for the development of a new hospital in Ennis this month.
It follows the publication of a new report by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation which shows 1,991 patients were treated on trolleys in the region’s main hospital in January.
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Although this is a reduction of 11% from January 2024, University Hospital Limerick has remained the most overcrowded facility since the opening of the first 96-bed block.
Friends of Ennis Hospital Chairperson Angela Coll says the feeling of urgency to deliver a new hospital will diminish over the summer when trolley numbers inevitably decline.
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