Members of the HSE’s Regional Health Forum West have officially called on the UL Hospitals Group to reverse the closure of emergency departments in Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s Hospitals.
It’s the latest in a round of calls for overcrowding to be urgently addressed at the region’s main hospital, following a protest in Ennis by the Midwest Hospitals Campaign last weekend.
The number of people waiting for a bed at University Hospital Limerick has consistently been among the highest in the country in recent times, with the Health Minister set to receive a report from an expert group into the matter in the next number of weeks.
Lahinch-based Green Party Councillor Liam Grant, who jointly tabled the motion, says while he’ll accept the offer of a meeting with the UL Hospitals Group, he remains frustrated.
