Hospital overcrowding: 421 people waiting for beds
James Cox
A total of 421 admitted patients are waiting for hospital beds this morning, according to today’s Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch.
This includes 307 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 114 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.
The most overcrowded hospital is Cork University Hospital, where there are 60 people waiting for beds, followed by University Hospital Limerick (56 patients), University Hospital Galway (37 patients), St Vincent's University Hospital (34 patients), and Sligo University Hospital (32 patients).
The hospital with the most patients waiting for a bed in the emergency department is Cork University Hospital, where 44 people are on trolleys in A&E.
This is followed by St Vincent's University Hospital (34 patients), University Hospital Galway (31 patients), and University Hospital Limerick (24 patients).
After St Vincent's, the most overcrowded hospital in Dublin is Tallaght University Hospital. In Tallaght, there are 21 patients waiting for beds; 19 of those are in the emergency department.
