2025年10月8日,在利默里克大学医院新建一个96张床位的街区,以缓解紧急过度拥挤问题。 A new 96-bed block opens at University Hospital Limerick on Oct. 8, 2025, to ease emergency overcrowding.

作为缓解慢性拥挤计划的一部分,利默里克大学医院的新96床位区块,是中西部地区唯一24小时开放的急诊室,将于2025年10月8日全面投入运营. A new 96-bed block at University Hospital Limerick, the only 24-hour emergency department in the mid-west region, is set to be fully operational by October 8, 2025, as part of a plan to ease chronic overcrowding. 扩建包括四个24床病房,根据政府的2024年计划,该地区到2031年增加382个床位,而德勤的2022年报告建议增加365个新床位. The expansion, consisting of four 24-bed wards, follows a 2024 government plan to add 382 beds in the region by 2031 and a 2022 Deloitte report recommending 365 new beds. 为支持新能力,已征聘了近400名额外工作人员。 Nearly 400 additional staff have been recruited to support the new capacity. 尽管扩大,但据爱尔兰护士和助产士组织称,10月7日,在UHL,84名病人仍然坐在推车上。 卫生与安全部敦促非紧急病人使用替代服务。 Despite the expansion, 84 patients remained on trolleys at UHL on October 7, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, with the HSE urging non-emergency patients to use alternative services. 卫生部长Jennifer Carroll MacNeill将于10月13日正式启动。 The block will be officially launched on October 13 by Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.