The HSE says 84 more beds which are to come on stream at the region’s main hospital this year will make a significant difference.
As part of the State’s COVID-19 response, 24 new beds are to open at University Hospital Limerick this month with a further 60 beds arriving across the hospitals group before the end of the year.
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UHL has consistently has the highest levels of overcrowding of any hospital in the country, with low bed capacity regularly cited as a key factor.
HSE Chief Operations Officer Dr Anne O’Connor expects the new beds to help address this problem.
