Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I raise the matter of University Hospital Limerick, UHL. It currently has the highest trolley count in Ireland, with 58 patients on trolleys. It has 56 Covid patients. Thirteen Covid patients are in ICU and 30 patients have been in ICU for a long time. That is above the number of ICU beds in the hospital, of which there are 12. There are also high-dependency unit beds too, bringing the number to 28. Of the available beds in ICU, over 50% are taken up by Covid patients. I have a question about the winter preparation plan. A 96-bed unit is going out to tender, which will take time to set up. We have to get through the winter period. Can UHL apply under the winter preparation plan, for the time from now until March, to get-----

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