HSE CEO Disputes Figures Suggesting Record Overcrowding At Region's Main Hospital

The head of the HSE has disputed figures suggesting record-breaking levels of overcrowding at the region's main hospital this week. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation reported on Monday that 130 admitted patients were without a bed at University Hospital Limerick during morning rounds. However, the HSE's Chief Executive Officer claims the actual number was closer to 60, with 40 of these on trolleys in the Emergency Department. Responding to a question from Ennistymon Fine Gael Senator Martin Conway at the Oireachtas Health Committee, Bernard Gloster says regardless of the true figure, additional assistance is required by UHL management.