A new record has been set for attendances at the Emergency Department of the region’s main hospital.
New HSE figures show 87,371 people presented at University Hospital Limerick’s ED last year; an annual increase of more than 7,000.
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Of the patients that attended, just over 24,000 or slightly more than one in four were ultimately admitted to hospital beds.
Ennis Fianna Fáil Councillor Antoinette Baker Bashua has been telling Clare FM’s Daragh Dolan she believes that UHL simply doesn’t have the resources to cater for the MidWest’s population.
You can listen to the full interview here:
