Ireland health crisis: Public urged to stay away from Emergency Departments amid 'extreme pressure'
Ireland's over-crowded hospitals are in an “endless cycle of crisis” as a surge in winter illnesses has left them facing “extreme pressure”.
Last night management at University Hospital Limerick declared a “major internal incident” due to “record high” attendances at its Emergency Department. “Staff are being redeployed to care for additional patients in the ED and additional surge beds are being opened in Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s Hospitals.”
The hospital said its services are “under extreme pressure” due to the large numbers requiring treatment. Around 333 of these people waited over nine hours. Seven patients in children’s wards were also in the queue for a bed yesterday.As of yesterday morning, there were 692 confirmed cases in hospital – a rise of 14 from the previous day.
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