The Chair of the HSE's Regional Health Forum West says action is needed to re-assure the public over infection control at the region's main hospital.
UL Hospital's groups has admitted there is a "particular problem" with drug-resistant bugs in the Midwest, with 92 cases of CRE detected between 2009 and May 2015.
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It comes following claims from a whistleblower that more than 2 dozen people have died at University Hospital Limerick after being infected with so-called superbugs.
The hospital is looking for funding to build a new 96-bed isolation unit for patients with superbugs.
Kilmaley Fianna Fail Councillor Tom McNamara is confident appropiate measures will be taken.
