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Closure of emergency department was mooted in 2009 and became policy in 2013, yet politicians are still trying to block it
Now any day with under 100 trolleys in Limerick’s ED is regarded as a good day, campaigner complains
Hospital outbreaks increase threefold as number of virus patients approaches 500
HSE figures show massive waiting lists in some area, and none in others
Naloxone administered 569 times over three years, resulting in a 98% survival rate
Patients were removed following validation of inpatient and outpatient lists
HSE boss Paul Reid says he will not ‘compromise’ on safety concerns about Navan hospital ED
Proposal ‘unacceptable’ unless adequately resourced, says Minister for Justice Helen McEntee
HSE’s Dr Colm Henry expresses concern and attributes rise to new subvariants of the virus
ED to be replaced by medical assessment unit with 80% of patients to be treated there, HSE says
IMO says NCHDs continue to be required to work far in excess of legal and safe working hours
‘HSE has not educated the medical community properly’: Vulnerable patients complain about difficulties accessing Paxlovid
Increase in virus cases ‘could be a blip or the start of a summer wave’, Leo Varadkar says
Infections, hospitalisations and intensive care admissions are on the rise
Use of drug ‘higher than Celtic Tiger levels’ and set to rise further, say specialists