The inquest into the death of 16-year-old Aoife Johnston at University Hospital Limerick is to conclude today. The Shannon teenager passed away in 2022 after spending twelve hours waiting on chairs in the Emergency Department. The inquest has heard the hospital didn’t follow protocol with suspected sepsis patients, and Aoife wasn’t seen by a doctor […]
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.
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.
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.