Clare's Independent TD insists that the overcrowding crisis at our hospitals is putting patients' lives at risk.
Clare's Independent TD insists that the overcrowding crisis at our hospitals is putting patients' lives at risk.
It comes as the Health Minister is to meet the head of the HSE later today for an update on the overcrowding crisis, which has worsened in recent days.
A record high of 66 people were waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick yesterday, while on Tuesday 11 ambulances were left queueing for a number of hours to offload patients to the Emergency Department.
Dr Michael Harty says he's been told by a patient that 8 beds were left lying idle in the region's main hospital over the Christmas period and he believes mis-management is having knock-on consequences for every aspect of the health system.
