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UL Hospitals Group appoints new Consultant Vascular Surgeon

The UL Hospitals Group has announced the appointment of a new Consultant Vascular Surgeon - Mr Mekki Medani. Mr Medani graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 2006, where he was awarded first place prizes in the form of the ...

15 Oct 2020 at 10:30

Health

Scheduled activity gradually resuming across UL Hospitals Group

UL Hospitals Group says it is gradually resuming services across its six sites and patients are being advised of precautionary measures to take in advance of and during their time in hospital in the context of the ongoing public health emergency. ...

10 Jul 2020 at 09:00

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Limerick patients on the mend following treatment at UL field hospital

PATIENTS admitted to the Intermediate Care Facility at the UL Arena are benefiting from a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to their ongoing rehabilitation when they are transferred to the facility from acute hospitals. The field hospital was ...

07 Jul 2020 at 11:45

Health

HSE apologises over death of young girl at University Hospital Limerick

THE father of a young girl who died at University Hospital Limerick as a result of negligence says no family should have to go through what his family has endured over the past four years. James Keogh from Glenbrook, Old Singland Road made his ...

13 Mar 2018 at 17:32

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Limerick hospital clinical director says reopening old EDs is a ‘total red herring’

THE BELIEF that overcrowding could be alleviated by reopening St John’s, Ennis and Nenagh emergency departments is a “total red herring”, the chief clinical director of the UL Hospitals Group has said. Speaking at a press briefing at UHL last ...

27 Apr 2018 at 16:00

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Limerick hospital in ‘constant crisis’ as TD questions health minister on overcrowding

LIMERICK TD Maurice Quinlivan has claimed health minister Simon Harris is “missing in action again on the overcrowding crisis" at University Hospital Limerick. It comes as the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation report that there are 68 ...

22 Mar 2018 at 12:08

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Doctors at University Hospital Limerick call off strike as unrostered overtime paid

THE IRISH Medical Organisation has said monies “should never have been witheld” from doctors at University Hospital Limerick working in an “outstretched service”. This follows the union’s official withdrawal of strike action after ...

15 Mar 2018 at 06:00

Health

Harris urged to intervene in trolley 'chaos' at University Hospital Limerick

MINISTER for Health Simon Harris has been urged to inspect University Hospital Limerick’s emergency department for a third time, following a week of “chaotic” overcrowding. This Monday, overcrowding at UHL reached an all-time ...

15 Mar 2018 at 14:00

Health

UL Hospitals to reconstruct plastic surgery strategy as new appointments deferred

PROGRESS for a “self-sufficient” plastic surgery service in Limerick has been delayed, after a national HSE committee deferred the appointment of two consultant surgeons on the basis that they would not resettle locally. In ...

04 Mar 2018 at 10:00

Health

Limerick TD says delays treating elderly at UHL are 'borderline criminal'

MORE than 1,700 patients over the age of 75 had to wait in excess of 24 hours to be treated at University Hospital Limerick last year, figures a Limerick TD has said are 'borderline criminal'. Sinn Féin Limerick city TD ...

08 Mar 2018 at 06:03

Health

Midwives on Storm Emma duty deliver 15 babies at Limerick maternity

AS THE whole country went into complete lockdown, babies were still being born at University Maternity Hospital Limerick during Storm Emma’s havoc this week. Numerous healthcare staff across the Mid-West required for ...

02 Mar 2018 at 18:34

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Leo’s waiting list promises a ‘challenge’ for University Hospital Limerick

STOPPING all University Hospital Limerick outpatients from waiting for more than 18 months “would be a challenge”, a top hospital official stated. According to the latest monthly figures released by the National ...

29 Apr 2018 at 18:00

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