Aoife, from Shannon, Co Clare, died of meningitis on December 19, 2022 at UHL after she was left for more than 13 hours without antibiotics - a “vital” treatment to help save her life
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has been urged to “dig deeper” into the report of Aoife Johnston’s death to prevent a repeat in the future.
READ MORE: Young boy seriously injured in Monaghan football match had to wait more than two hours for ambulance to arrive Aoife was triaged as a category 2 patient, meaning she should have been given life-saving medicine within ten minutes of arrival at the hospital. He issued a stark warning that unless chronic overcrowding at UHL is tackled a similar tragedy could happen in the future.
In a statement issued yesterday it said: “The Clarke report into the death of Aoife Johnston is harrowing. The Clarke report highlights the gross overcrowding on the night Aoife presented, when there were 168 patients on trolleys at UHL.
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