Trolley watch: Over 530 patients are waiting for beds in Irish hospitals

Eva Osborne

535 admitted patients were waiting for beds on Wednesday morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

According to the INMO Trolley Watch, 387 of these patients were waiting in emergency departments, while 148 were waiting in wards elsewhere in the hospitals.

At University Hospital Limerick, 97 admitted patients are waiting for beds. 40 are waiting in the emergency department, while 57 wait in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

56 patients are waiting for beds at Cork University Hospital. 48 are waiting in the emergency department with eight waiting in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

Seven children are waiting for beds across the three children's hospitals - one at the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, two at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, and four at Temple Street Children's University Hospital.

48 are waiting at St Vincent's University Hospital, all in the emergency department.

36 are waiting at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, while 34 wait at University Hospital Galway, and 26 wait at Sligo University Hospital.

27 patients are waiting for beds at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, all in the emergency department.