The UL Hospitals Group says it expects a further disruption to its services until at least early next week as a result of the HSE cyber attack.
It comes as the Group is again urging patients not to present to its sites unless contacted directly.
Care across the Group’s six hospital sites, including at University Hospital Limerick and Ennis General Hospital, continue to be adversely impacted by the cyber-attack on HSE IT systems.
All outpatient clinics, including paediatric outpatient appointments, are cancelled until further notice, with the UL Hospitals Group saying patients should not attend the hospital unless contacted directly about an appointment.
All elective inpatient and day case procedures have also been cancelled, with the exception of time-critical cases.
Patients whose urgent appointments are going ahead are being asked to bring medical records with them to assist staff in ‘charting and tracking’ their treatment.
Other cancellations include endoscopy services and all diagnostics, including X-Ray, CT scans, MRI appointments and cardiac investigations.
All routine cancer review appointments at the Mid-Western Cancer Centre are also cancelled until further notice.
The UL Hospitals Group is apologising to patients for the ongoing delay, which it expects to continue until early next week at a minimum.
