Call for all three HIQA recommendations to expand UHL capacity

Call for all three HIQA recommendations to expand UHL capacity

OIREACHTAS members for Limerick and Clare want to see all three options proposed by health watchdog HIQA to increase hospital capacity and bed numbers acted on in tandem. They demand this in the place of any one single option outlined in the recent review report on emergency care in the Mid West. At a meeting in Limerick this week, eight members of the Oireachtas agreed that all three options proposed by HIQA should be advanced in parallel to re…