The HSE has confirmed that a second 96-bed block at the region’s main hospital has received board approval.
Construction is currently underway at University Hospital Limerick on the first of two planned 96-bed blocks which will be located on top of the existing Emergency Department and Dialysis Unit and will increase the Dooradoyle facility’s overall capacity by 48 in real terms when it’s completed in 2024.
Speaking at a meeting of the Oireachtas Health Committee this week, Ennistymon Fine Gael Senator Martin Conway has referred to the impending winter as a “difficult period” for the health service and has requested an urgent update on a further 96 beds which are due to come on stream in 2026.
The HSE’s Chief Strategy Officer Dean Sullivan says the second 96-bed block has been signed off on by the board and a business case is currently being prepared.
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