Two Paediatric Critical Care Units 'Under Strain'

Two paediatric critical care units 'under strain'

A national audit has found that two Children's Health Ireland (CHI) paediatric critical care units, at Temple Street and Crumlin, are under strain.

Overcrowding and stretched staff in Dublin children’s intensive care units revealed in new audit

Critically ill children in need of intensive care are being looked after in units under serious strain and at times beyond full capacity at Temple Street Hospital and Crumlin Hospital in Dublin, a new audit report reveals today.

Ireland's two children's intensive care units 'under strain' from severe overcrowding, audit finds

Audit found very high occupancy rates of over 95% during 2023 at the units in CHI at Temple Street and CHI at Crumlin hospitals