MidWest Hospital Campaign Says Govt Has Failed Clare And Johnston Family

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It's claimed inaction from successive governments in the face of obvious and alarming issues at University Hospital Limerick has contributed to the death of Clare teenager Aoife Johnston. It follows the publication of former Chief Justice Frank Clarke's independent investigation, which found the circumstances of Aoife's death at UHL's Emergency Department in December of 2022 "were almost certainly avoidable". Due to the gross level of overcrowding on the night, Aoife was not taken to the Resus area of the ED, but rather Zone A' where sepsis forms were not kept and therefore nurses and doctors in the area "appeared to be unaware" of her condition. Ennistymon based MidWest Hospital Campaign Spokesperson Marie McMahon whose husband passed away on a trolley at UHL in 2018 insists nothing has improved despite years of problems.