Health

Is there any cure for Ireland’s most overcrowded hospital?

University Hospital Limerick management has defended the hospital’s performance by citing a lack of beds, but a Hiqa inspection also found that a shortage of nurses, slow patient throughput and delayed discharges at weekends were adding to its problems

Overcrowding: Hospital A&E departments have been overwhelmed by the post-Christmas surge in patients with Covid-19, other respiratory viruses and flu. Picture: Getty