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.
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.
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HSE Chief Operations Officer Dr Anne O’Connor expects the new beds to help address this problem.
