Overcrowding is being reported by management at University Hospital Limerick with the region's main A and E Department described as being extremely busy last night.
In a statement to Clare FM the HSE reported above average numbers of very ill patients requiring admission to the hospital in Dooradoyle and said they were taking all steps to deal with the situation.
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The HSE has reminded the Clare and Limerick public to keep the Emergency Department for emergencies and to contact their GP or GP out of Hours services in the first instance.
It comes as the head of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says the health system has been ‘cut to the bone’.
