Trolley watch: 435 patients waiting for bed in Irish hospitals
Michael Bolton
The latest figures from the Irish Midwives and Nurses Organisation (INMO) show there are 435 people waiting for a bed in hospitals across the country.
Some 313 patients are waiting in emergency departments, while 122 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.
The hospital with the highest number of patients is University Hospital Limerick with 74 patients on trolleys.
28 people are in the emergency department, with 46 people in wards elsewhere in the hospital.
In Cork University Hospital, there are 49 people without a bed in the hospital.
42 people are in the emergency room, with seven people elsewhere in the hospital.
At Sligo University Hospital, there are 35 people on trolleys, with 23 people in the emergency department.
