*More than 1,000 patients have been treated at home via an acute virtual ward at University Hospital Limerick, a move which has helped the hospital free up “valuable” 10,603 inpatient beds.*
*Since the ward opened [20 months ago] in July 2024, a total of 1,128 patients have been “onboarded” thanks to the remote technology allowing them to be treated and monitored safely from their homes.*
Willing-Departure115 on
A pal of mine had an infection from a cut – think lower leg blowing up to significant size – and after visiting A&E, got sent home with visits from nurses a few times a day to check on him and run in an IV drip of antibiotics. This was just before the recession.
His brother ends up a few years later in the same hospital with a similar problem. Asked if they had the same service, but he was told it had been cut or otherwise he’d be a good candidate for it. Ended up taking up a bed in A&E and ultimately on a ward.
Care in the community is worth multiple new hospital builds.
FluffyDiscipline on
I know it won’t suit all conditions, but the thoughts of just being at home must help you recover quicker ..
Even if it was after you are over the worst and rehabilitating… God I would have loved that
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*More than 1,000 patients have been treated at home via an acute virtual ward at University Hospital Limerick, a move which has helped the hospital free up “valuable” 10,603 inpatient beds.*
*Since the ward opened [20 months ago] in July 2024, a total of 1,128 patients have been “onboarded” thanks to the remote technology allowing them to be treated and monitored safely from their homes.*
A pal of mine had an infection from a cut – think lower leg blowing up to significant size – and after visiting A&E, got sent home with visits from nurses a few times a day to check on him and run in an IV drip of antibiotics. This was just before the recession.
His brother ends up a few years later in the same hospital with a similar problem. Asked if they had the same service, but he was told it had been cut or otherwise he’d be a good candidate for it. Ended up taking up a bed in A&E and ultimately on a ward.
Care in the community is worth multiple new hospital builds.
I know it won’t suit all conditions, but the thoughts of just being at home must help you recover quicker ..
Even if it was after you are over the worst and rehabilitating… God I would have loved that