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Doctors warn Health Minister that risks to patients will persist without new hospital delivery in the Mid-West
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- Clare FM
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- May 12, 2026
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- 625
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Summary
Doctors in the Mid-West are warning that risks to patient safety at University Hospital Limerick remain ‘intolerable and unacceptable’ unless urgent action is taken to expand acute hospital capacity across the region. In an unprecedented statement, the HSE Mid-West Medical Board called on the Government to immediately establish a Development Board for the proposed new hospital, release emergency funding, and lift staffing restrictions. To discuss this Alan Morrissey was joined by Professor Joe Devlin, Consultant Physician and Deputy Chair of the Medical Board and Associate Professor Alan Watts, Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Board Committee Member. Image © anyaberkut from Getty Images Pro