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Nurses in UHL ICU begin industrial action

The intensive care nurses at University Hospital Limerick started a work-to-rule strike on Friday morning. The hospital staffing shortage was described as a “unprecedented step” by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). With all ICU beds still available for admissions, the INMO claimed the ICU is now running at a 22% staffing shortage. Mary … Read more

109 patients waiting for a bed at UHL, with 655 on trolleys overall – INMO

655 admitted patients were reportedly waiting for a hospital bed this morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization, with University Hospital Limerick suffering the most. The largest number of waiting patients this year, according to the report, was 109 at UHL. A “major internal incident” that the hospital had declared earlier this month … Read more