Nenagh’s Covid vaccination centre has closed for the evening as part of Storm Barra measures.
UL Hospitals Group says the worsening weather means that all outpatient appointments in their six hospitals are also cancelled for the rest of the day, as well as vaccination centres in the north Tipp, Limerick and Clare.
The vaccination centre at the Clonmel Park Hotel remains open, but the Covid test centre at Moyle Rovers GAA Club will close at 4pm.
The Covid test centre in Nenagh has been closed all day.
Media Statement Storm Barra Update on Service Disruptions UL Hospitals Group
(LIMERICK 07.12.2021): All outpatient appointments at UL Hospitals Group and all appointments at the Covid-19 vaccination centres in the MidWest have been cancelled for the rest of today, Tuesday, due to Storm Barra.
This decision is effective from 2pm on December 7th and follows a meeting of the MidWest Area Crisis Management Team.
The affected hospitals are:
· University Hospital Limerick
· University Maternity Hospital Limerick
· Ennis Hospital
· Nenagh Hospital
· St John’s Hospital
· Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
The affected vaccination centres are:
· Limerick (Scoil Carmel)
· Ennis (Ennis Hospital)
· Nenagh (Abbey Court Hotel)
Anybody with a hospital outpatient appointment or vaccination appointment after 2pm is requested not to travel and their appointment will be rescheduled as soon as possible. We regret this disruption in service but this decision is being taken in the interests of patient and staff safety as travel conditions are expected to be hazardous later this afternoon and into this evening.
We regret that this decision will also affect patients who were scheduled to have procedures across our sites today. Affected patients are being contacted directly by the hospital.
At this point we expect that all scheduled care at our hospitals and appointments at our vaccination centre will operate as normal from Wednesday morning, December 8th. This is subject to an assessment of any storm damage.
The Emergency Department at UHL, Injury Units at Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s and Medical Assessment Units (GP referral) at UHL, Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s will operate as normal. The Maternity Emergency Unit at University Maternity Hospital Limerick will also continue to operate on a 24-hour basis.
Injury units in Ennis and Nenagh are open from 8am to 8pm, and in St John’s from 8am to 7pm, seven days a week.
We have put in place arrangements to ensure the continuation of essential services for chemotherapy and dialysis patients as well as those coming in for urgent surgery.
We are working closely with HSE MidWest Community Healthcare, the National Ambulance Service, An Garda Siochana and Limerick City and County Council on the response to this adverse weather warning. UL Hospitals Group management will continue to closely monitor the developing situation throughout the day.
Keep up to date with @HSELive @ULHospitals on Twitter and visit www.hse.ie for all the latest regarding our services.
Updates on Storm Barra are available at the link below:
https://www2.hse.ie/services/storm-barra/service-disruption.htmlhttps://www2.hse.ie/services/storm-barra/service-disruption.html
