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# uhl - Friday 6 March, 2020
Covid-19: Health authorities 'working rapidly' to identify contacts of doctor and his family in Limerick
Patients who may have come into contact with one of the confirmed cases of Covid-19 are being contacted directly.
# uhl - Monday 6 January, 2020
HSE apologises to those affected by overcrowded emergency departments as some hospitals ban visitors
Hospitals in Cork, Waterford, and South Tipperary have all imposed strict visiting restrictions.
# uhl - Monday 25 November, 2019
'Bespoke plan' needed as Limerick hospital continues to break overcrowding record
Some 85 patients were without beds in University Hospital Limerick this morning.
# uhl - Thursday 24 October, 2019
Investigation launched after prisoner escapes custody while attending University Hospital Limerick
The man escaped from the custody of prison officers through a window at the hospital shortly before 2pm.
# uhl - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
'Beyond crisis point': Limerick hospital breaks record for number of patients waiting on trolleys
Last month, Limerick had over 1,400 patients without beds.
# uhl - Thursday 18 April, 2019
UHL doctors write open letter outlining challenges they face treating patients
The letter was signed off by five doctors and addressed to ‘the people of the Mid West’.
# uhl - Thursday 4 April, 2019
'Patients at risk': Nurses ask health committee to investigate overcrowding at Limerick hospital
The letter states the hospital is in a ‘constant state of overcrowding’.
# uhl - Friday 21 July, 2017
Limerick hospital apologises after pensioner forced to hear his own leg amputation
Peter Stapleton was not given headphones and was forced to listen to his upper leg being cut off with a saw.
# uhl - Monday 29 June, 2015
Man shot as he flees masked men in University of Limerick car park
The man is in a critical condition but is expected to pull through.
# uhl - Monday 29 September, 2014
"Deplorable overcrowding": Dozens on trolleys in Limerick hospital
The INMO said today that the Major Emergency Plan should have been implemented at the hospital today, with 47 people on trolleys in the Emergency Department this morning.
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Poll: Would you be comfortable if the social distance rule was changed to 1 metre?
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Dr Tony Holohan has said that the 2m social distancing rule will be reviewed along with other measures, amid calls to halve the policy to one metre.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, the government has urged members of the public to maintain a two-metre distance from others when outside their homes.
However, concerns have been raised about the impact the measures will have on businesses as the country re-opens, as well as people’s ability to use public transport.
Health authorities have also suggested that the 2m rule limits the number of patients that can be treated in emergency departments and waiting rooms.
But Irish health advice is based on guidance from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and some worry that shortening the distance will lead to a further spread of Covid-19.
So today we’re wondering: Would you be comfortable if the distance rule changed to 1 metre?
Poll Results:
No (6041)
Yes (5699)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Using all of our health service facilities has helped against Covid-19. Any change to that should be handled carefully
By Dr Ciarán Ó Riain
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Our reader this week details how she’s working from home through the lockdown.
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