"A major plan to relieve overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick (UHL), which has been given cabinet approval and is due be delivered over the course of many years, comes days before the third anniversary of Aoife Johnston's death. Aoife (16) died on December 19, 2022, in the severely overcrowded hospital from meningitis-related sepsis after being left for more than 16 hours without antibiotics."
"Aoife (16) died on December 19, 2022, in the severely overcrowded hospital from meningitis-related sepsis after being left for more than 16 hours without antibiotics."
A cabinet-approved, long-term plan aims to relieve overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) and will be delivered over many years. The plan's timing coincides with the third anniversary of Aoife Johnston's death. Aoife, aged 16, died on 19 December 2022 from meningitis-related sepsis after being left more than 16 hours without antibiotics in a severely overcrowded hospital. The circumstances attribute the death to delayed treatment amid severe overcrowding. The plan targets capacity and systemic issues, but implementation will take multiple years before full effects are realized.
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