UL Hospitals Group is refuting claims by the INMO that the emergency department at the region's main hospital is unsafe.
Over 200 patients have been attending the ED at University Hospital Limerick on a daily basis since the new year, up from just over a hundred this time last year.
The Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick has been experiencing increased numbers, particularly since the beginning of the new year.
The CEO of UL Hospitals Group says this is partly due to a rise in seriously ill patients attending the E.D as well as an increase in the number of elderly seeking emergency treatment.
Figures from the INMO show 44 people are waiting on trolleys at the Dooradoyle facility today, 29 of those in the emergency department, while a further 15 are being accomodated in overflow areas of wards.
Colette Cowan says the hospital hasn't the capacity to deal with the increased numbers attending the emergency department but she insists that every patient is receiving the care they need.
It comes as health will also be in the focus at a public meeting in Corofin tonight.
Confirmation will be sought on whether committments on supports for rural practise, made by Clare Government TDs Joe Carey and Pat Breen at a rural meeting in December, will be delivered.
Several hundred people are expected at the follow-up meeting at the local Parish Hall from 8pm, where GPs will focus on what they've described as a national emergency in resourcing and manpower within rual practise.
GPs have vowed to continue their campaign until promises are delivered.
Ballyvaughan GP, Dr Liam Glynn says that will include appointing a representative in the upcoming general election if it comes to it.
