UL Hospitals Group Seeks Funding For Further Development

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The UL Hospitals Group is seeking 25 million euro for the next infrastructural development at Dooradoyle.

Management are looking for funding to allow them develop a 96-bed unit which would bolster bed capacity, seen as a key issue that must be addressed in order to ease the trolley crisis.

This week has seen a new Emergency Department come on stream – while it is three times the size of the old facility, and described as the most modern in Europe, management admit patients will still be waiting for admission on trolleys.

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Head of the UL Hospital Group Colette Cowan says they’re looking for more money to avert this in the future.