Hospital overcrowding: Over 600 patients wait for beds in Irish hospitals

Eva Osborne

612 admitted patients were waiting for beds in Irish hospitals on Monday morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

According to the organisation's trolley watch, 429 patients were waiting in emergency departments, while 183 waited in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

102 admitted patients were waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick. 41 were waiting in the emergency department, while 61 waitied in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

At Cork University Hospital, 75 admitted patients were waiting for beds. 63 were waiting in the emergency department, while 12 were waiting in wards elsewhere.

Seven children were waiting for beds between Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin (three), and Temple Street Children's University Hospital (four).

48 admitted patients were waiting at University Hospital Galway, 45 were waiting at Sligo University Hospital, 26 at Letterkenny University Hospital, and 24 at Mayo University Hospital.

32 admitted patients were waiting for beds at the emergency department of St Vincent's University Hospital.

31 were waiting at Tallaght University Hospital, 25 at Naas General Hospital, and 21 at Beaumont Hospital.