Jennifer Carroll MacNeill faces defining year on hospitals, overcrowding and agency spend
If 2026 delivers a new elective hospital for Limerick and the handover of the National Children’s Hospital to…
HSE urges alternatives as CUH and Kerry hospitals overwhelmed by flu and weather injuries
Hospitals in Cork and Kerry face “unprecedented demand” this week due to the weather and flu outbreaks. The…
Flu hospitalisations up by a third in one week, HSE figures show – The Irish Times
The number of people hospitalised with flu has increased by a third over the past week, following a…
Cork and Limerick among worst hit as hospital overcrowding varies widely across Munster
Patients across Munster had very different experiences last year depending on the hospital they attended, with new figures…
Vigil in memory of University Hospital Limerick patients as overcrowding pressures continue
This time of year is particularly hard for Melanie Cleary. Her daughter Eve died in 2019, just hours…
Vigilance urged as hospitals ‘very busy’ with respiratory illnesses – The Irish Times
Hospitals throughout the country remain “very busy” with 677 people hospitalised with a respiratory illness, the Health Service…
Canada News: 16-hour wait for bed in emergency: Why Canada’s healthcare system is in ICU
On December 22, Prashant Sreekumar, a 44-year-old man of Indian origin, reported to the emergency room(ER) of the…
Up to 1,500 could be hospitalised with flu by Christmas week – minister
There could be 1,500 people in hospitals with the flu over Christmas week, the health minister has cautioned,…
Government must declare ‘capacity emergency’ at UHL, hospital’s medical board warns
The Government needs to “urgently change” its approach to hospital overcrowding in Limerick, and a “capacity emergency” needs…
Building another hospital to tackle overcrowding in the Mid-West ‘on the table’, says minister
Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says she has not ruled out sanctioning the construction of an additional hospital,…
Limerick welcomes Ireland’s first new large hospital in almost 20 years
Small work groups and a tight focus on deadlines were key to opening the new Bon Secours Limerick…
Health Minister isn't ruling out new hospital for the Mid-West as 96 bed unit opens at UHL – The Journal
Health Minister isn’t ruling out new hospital for the Mid-West as 96 bed unit opens at UHL The JournalNew…