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A HIQA inspection has found that the health and welfare of people receiving care in the department was at risk.
The Health Minister said several issues must be addressed before any transition can take place, including capacity at other hospitals.
Medical emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes will no longer be treated at the hospital.
It advised people with non-emergency conditions to seek assistance from minor injury units or their GP.
The hospital has advised people to either attend minor-injury units or their GP
HSE Chief Operations Officer Anne O’Connor said that the surge was not flu driven.
Nearly 600 people were waiting in hospitals around the country for a bed this morning.
Click to listen to a GP, a paramedic, an emergency medicine consultant, and the head of an intensive care unit talk about how our hospitals are coping with the Omicron wave.
There have been reports of injection spiking in Ireland and the UK in recent weeks.
Dr Conor Deasy said the HSE ransomware attack had a major impact on frontline care delivery at the hospital.
The hospital group responded to calls from the INMO for a Hiqa investigation into overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick
A total of 283 patients attended the Limerick ED in the 24 hours to 8am today.
Patients who do attend the emergency department are likely to experience delays.
The average number of daily ED attendances at the end of March was approximately half what it was at the beginning of March.
The Mater was the hospital with the highest number of patients on trolleys in Dublin yesterday morning, according to the INMO.
The senior fire officer visited after concerns were raised about the number of trolleys in corridors in the ED.
Finance Minister Donohoe has said that the Labour Court recommendations are “consistent with the public sector stability agreement”.
The HSE is encouraging people to go to their GP where possible, instead of attending hospitals.
The Irish Medical Organisation has said that additional resources are needed immediately.
Tallaght Hospital said an internal review will also be initiated into the circumstances of the incident.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited University College Hospital Galway last Thursday.
During the course of Storm Emma, the HSE saw a 41% reduction in attendances at Emergency Departments.
The hospital said seriously ill or injured children will still be treated as a priority.
A specialist trauma unit will also be located in a third location.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Association has just launched a new trolley watch system – where it counts how many children are on trolleys in EDs.
They can be done and they must be done – we have to believe that, writes hospital consultant Dr Anthony O’Connor.
The move is an attempt to ease pressure on services over the busy Christmas period.
People in high-risk groups include pregnant women and those over the age of 65.
Two children end up in US emergency departments every day due to accidents with window blinds.
Four of the five locum/agency doctors at the hospital’s emergency department went on wildcat strike two weeks ago in a row over plans to slash their rate of pay.
Navan emergency department was just one of many experiencing serious staff shortages as a result of the strikes this evening.
Hospitals in Limerick, Dublin and Galway had the highest number of people aged 75 and over waiting more than a day.
There’s been an improvement in Dublin, but things are getting worse in other counties.
There was a huge surge in demand over the Christmas period.
“The patient doesn’t care who pays a salary or what title you have. People on the frontline need to be integrated in the decision making process.”
Two paramedics were also injured in the blaze, one seriously.
The IMO also warned that demand for hospital space will rise this year because of elective surgeries being cancelled last year.
During one year at St Vincent’s, 534 cyclists presented to the Emergency Department with injuries.
Every morning and every evening nurses are in tears, tears of frustration, despair, hopelessness and exhaustion, writes Carol Cronin.