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 doctor who fought to save the life of teenager Aoife Johnston has said medical staff faced "an impossible situation" in University Hospital Limerick's emergency department because of chronic overcrowding in December 2022.
An inquest into the death of Aoife Johnston (16) heard how University Hospital Limerick (UHL) emergency department staff were so worried at the threat of the unit being overwhelmed by a flood of seriously ill patients they requested surge measures be triggered.
A four-day inquest is scheduled to open today into the circumstances of the death of schoolgirl Aoife Johnston (16) at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).
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