UHL step-down bed plan scrapped over HSE funding shortfall

Plans to add 100 step-down/rehab beds at University Hospital Limerick to relieve chronic overcrowding were abandoned due to insufficient HSE funding. The decision underscores persistent capacity constraints in Ireland's public health system and likely prolongs emergency-department pressures.

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