An emergency consultant who declined to attend University Hospital Limerick (UHL), despite a request from a nurse manager concerned about a spiralling overcrowding crisis, told the inquest into the death of Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) that overcrowding had left the emergency department resembling "a death trap" that weekend.
The older sister of Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) wept this afternoon as she spoke of her devastation at not being able to say a final goodbye to her baby sister.
An inquest into the death of Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) was told a nurse manager was informed that an Emergency Consultant declined to attend the University Hospital Limerick (UHL) emergency department amid serious overcrowding concerns, warning that he would attend in the event of a major emergency but not due to patient volume concerns.
An inquest into the death of Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) was told a nurse manager was informed that an Emergency Consultant declined to attend the University Hospital Limerick (UHL) emergency department amid serious overcrowding concerns, warning that he would attend in the event of a major emergency but not due to patient volume concerns.
A CONSULTANT microbiologist requested an urgent investigation immediately after he realised Clare teen Aoife Johnston (16) had suffered a delay of 15 hours and 15 minutes at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) in receiving critical antibiotic treatment which he said in all likelihood would have saved her life.