Limerick TD Maurice Quinlivan says a failure to recommend another Model Three Hospital would be a 'catastrophic' failure.
The HIQA report on Emergency Services in the Mid-West is expected to be made public today.
The review was commissioned last year by the then Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly.
It was requested that the independent health regulator consider the case for a second emergency department within the region.
The report was also asked to consider recommendations made by former Chief Justice Frank Clarke following the death of Shannon teenager Aoife Johnston.
The Shannon teenager died from sepsis at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) in December 2022, and her inquest revealed that the overcrowding at the hospital on the night had severely impacted her treatment.
The focus on the report is intense because UHL consistently records the highest national numbers of patients being treated on trolleys and corridors.
According to the INMO, there were 147 patients on trolleys at UHL yesterday.
Limerick Sinn Féin TD, Maurice Quinlivan, says he will be "highly concerned" if the report fails to recommend an additional Model Three Hospital for the Mid-West.
Deputy Quinlivan attributes the crisis to the "catastrophic" closure of Emergency Departments at Nenagh, Ennis, and St. John’s.
Speaking to Live 95 News, he warned that any proposal to only offer extra capacity at UHL will not work.
The scale of overcrowding at UHL has been consistently greater than at other impacted hospitals for a number of years, with 23,000 patients left waiting on trolleys last year.
Deputy Quinlivan said the crisis is getting "continuously worse every single day."
The TD stressed the severe impact on dignity, especially for older people.
"When we talk about people on trolleys, you must remember, these are people we know, they're family members, they're cousins, they're relatives and often older people," he said.
Deputy Quinlivan stated that the biggest issue is the sheer volume of people dependent on one emergency department, a problem "allowed to go on for years and years and years."
While pushing for a new hospital, Deputy Quinlivan also insisted on the need for immediate action.
"We need short-term solutions as well, because as we speak here, there will be people on trolleys," he said.
He called for immediate actions, including additional staff and looking at the whole range of stuff around home care packages.
The TD also raised concerns about the existing maternity services being too far away from the main hospital, which is complicating the long-term planning for bed capacity on the site.
He warned that people are suffering and "people unfortunately are dying because of overcrowding."
He concluded that people have a right to be treated in an emergency department that is "fit for purpose, that works properly."
