Over 10,500 patients were treated on hospital trolleys in November - INMO
Eva Osborne
10,561 patients were treated on hospital trolleys in November, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).
The highest levels of overcrowding seen last month were at:
- University Hospital Limerick - 2,110;
- Cork University Hospital - 1,082;
- University Hospital Galway - 822;
- Sligo University Hospital - 626;
- St Vincent’s University Hospital - 576.
On Monday morning, 592 admitted patients were waiting for beds, according to the INMO's Trolley Watch.
432 patients were waiting in the emergency department, while 160 were in wards elsewhere in the hospital.
84 admitted patients were waiting for a bed at University Hospital Limerick - 31 in the emergency department and 53 in wards elsewhere in the hospital.
58 patients were waiting for beds at Cork University Hospital.
At University Hospital Galway, 42 patients were waiting for beds, with 31 of these in the emergency department.
At the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 41 patients were waiting for beds. 32 were waiting at St Vincent's University Hospital, all in the emergency department.
32 patients were waiting for beds at both Sligo University Hospital and Tipperary University Hospital.
At Mayo University Hospital, 24 patients were waiting for beds, while 23 waited at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and 22 waited at Letterkenny University Hospital.
