Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Last week, the number of patients on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick peaked at 92. When Nenagh hospital was downgraded, we were promised a state-of-the-art facility in University Hospital Limerick. It is obvious that that promise has been broken. I ask the Government to invest in the accident and emergency department in Nenagh hospital.

Having it open 24 hours a day would do something to take the pressure off University Hospital Limerick, which is one of the most overcrowded hospitals in the country. Ninety-two patients on trolleys just does not bear description. I ask the Government to invest in the accident and emergency department in Nenagh, which could do something to alleviate this overcrowding situation.

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