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Trolley record

By Bernie English

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October 18, 2016

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bernie@limerickpost.ie

uhl THE UNIVERSITY Hospital in Limerick had the highest number of patients waiting on trolleys for admission in the country this Tuesday.

UHL had 47 people on trolleys in the emergency department and in wards on Tuesday morning.

This compares to 38 in the Mater Hospital in Dublin, 27 in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and none in the Midwestern Hospital in Ennis.

Hospital management have said that they are aware that the ED is not fit for purpose. A new ED is currently under construction and due to open in spring of next year

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Bernie English http://www.limerickpost.ie

Bernie English has been working as a journalist in national and local media for more than thirty years. She worked as a staff journalist with the Irish Press and Evening Press before moving to Clare. She has worked as a freelance for all of the national newspaper titles and a staff journalist in Limerick, helping to launch the Limerick edition of The Evening Echo. Bernie was involved in the launch of The Clare People where she was responsible for business and industry news.

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