The Health Minister is being urged to spend time on a hospital trolley at University Hospital Limerick, in order to witness conditions there first hand.
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It follows several reports of overcrowding in the region's main accident and emergency department, and figures from the INMO which have recorded an 18% increase in the number of patients on trolleys there.
Labour MEP Phil Prendergast, a former Midwife, says the embargo on recruitment needs to be lifted immediately to help tackle the issue.
